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Cup records: CON 8-1 | NYL 5-4
New York, NY - 2:00 PM ET
TV: YES, NESN+, SN360

Video stream:
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/839221e2-1723-4fc6-a67c-94980f3b57f5#bucketId=1

League Pass:
https://leaguepass.wnba.com/game/sun-at-liberty-on-07112021

Game page:
https://www.wnba.com/game/20210711/CONNYL/

ESPN Gamecast:
https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401320680

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Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

Libs due to fly out of Indy in the morning. Hopefully this game will be rescheduled either later in the day or Monday.

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The poster formerly known as LibWNBAFan.

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The WNBA needs to postpone Sun at Liberty Sunday

https://deadspin.com/the-wnba-needs-to-postpone-suns-at-liberty-sunday-1847266364

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I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home

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[Bob Lamm]

[Queenie]

It would be absolutely ridiculous, but you know it'll happen. We might have to round up some kids from Brooklyn College or LIU, but it'll happen.

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Ardent believer in the separation of church and stadium.

[Bob Lamm]

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The Liberty got on a plane around 4:30. They arrived in NY early enough so that Laney and Didi could attend the Espys.

We don't know anything about the plane. Did they find a last-minute commercial flight or did Tsai charter a plane? If so, did he have the league's permission or did he go rogue? Given that Tsai has spent years dealing with the totalitarian Chinese government, I doubt he went off half-cocked. He'd likely ask the league. If faced with a postponement or even a forfeit, the commissioner might decide it's better to make an exception -- knowing that NY already endured 3 straight days of delays ranging from 4 to 9 hours. To then ask them to fly in the next morning, and then play a 2 PM game would be really unreasonable. If nothing else, the optics would be bad.

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You can always do something else.

[Randy]

[Queenie]

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Perhaps of interest

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I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home

[myrtle]

JT looked at some of Cappie's old hairdos to come up with this one.

[myrtle]

ok. NY, let J.Jones shoot every time down the floor and that will be the end of that game.

[lynxmania]

[lynxmania]

Someone should tell Jazmine in between quarters that Briann January doesn’t play for the Liberty

[myrtle]

[myrtle]

getting ugly...perhaps I should say uglier.

[myrtle]

so two blowouts to start super Sunday. [yikes]

[Bob Lamm]

I'm home. I didn't watch. It was obvious how this game would go.

Perhaps the Liberty would have lost to Indiana and Connecticut no matter what. These were not going to be easy games even under the best of circumstances. But the travel horrors and the WNBA's failure to adjust anything made these defeats certain.

I hope that Joe and Clara Tsai are angry and will do everything they can in the offseason to get the WNBA to be less bush league. No one can prevent weather crises. But the league can ensure the best possible travel options for players and can delay, cancel, and reschedule games when necessary. This should happen in 2022 for every WNBA team.

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[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

Man that was rough. Rough in terms of matchup. Rough in terms of the travel situation. I too had low expectations. Between the travel and just Connecticut is damn good.

Thomas, January and Bonner is just outstanding defensively. They don’t give your perimeter shooters any space. And forget driving by them. Even if you do Jones, Jones and Mompremier are assets defensively as well.

I know Shook had 16. But when the defense doesn’t guard you that’s what you should do. CT left any questionable shooters semi-open from 3 and guarded everyone else hard. Mixed in some traps too.

Howard will be a game changer on both ends. Let’s see what happens after the break. I’m still quite optimistic about their post-break prospects if they can get healthy.

Hopefully the 200-300K in offseason cap space will also be used to add depth that would make losses of Howard, Sabrina or Laney less taxing on the rest of the team. Hopefully Willoughby recovers from the torn Achilles because expectations were high for her as well in camp.

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The poster formerly known as LibWNBAFan.

[Queenie]

Streaky offense + pesky Sun defense = why is this my life

Did Jaz at least get an assist on that January three after the handoff? FFS.

It seemed pretty clear that Walt was going to let the kids run the show in the second half- I don't think Naj and Sabrina played that much.

Neah Odom was a solid wubble player. I... uh... don't think that's carrying over this year.

Jonquel Jones is ridiculous and I am jealous of any team that has her. Connecticut's defense was just so good. And ours was... leaving DeWanna Bonner and Jonquel Jones open for three a lot.

too many Joneses cannot cope (to which my husband's response was "So you're saying you can't keep up with the Joneses?", to which my response was "...get out.")

Postgame eats: Peaches HotHouse. Sweet Jesus, I have never had ribs that tender. I had to eat them with a fork because they fell off the bone. The same tenderness goes for the brisket.

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Ardent believer in the separation of church and stadium.

[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

If Brionna Jones isn’t MIP this year they should do away with the award.

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The poster formerly known as LibWNBAFan.

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[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

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