The New York Liberty have taken a well-deserved breath after completing the first chunk of their schedule, 13 games in 27 days bookended by uneasy five-point wins over the Washington Mystics.
They now face the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday morning in the first rematch of the 2023 WNBA Finals, a rematch they hope will await them this fall. Though the Aces don’t quite look like world-beaters just yet, sitting at 6-5 and sorely missing Chelsea Gray, they are still the standard for the Liberty to meet.
But even without facing Vegas over those 27 days, New York has already accomplished quite a lot in 2024.