Key questions facing the New York Liberty in the season’s second half

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesWas the first half of the WNBA season a success for the New York Liberty? Well, that depends on the standards you choose to apply to the teal, more so than any other squad in the W. By any measure, the Libs are one of the league’s elite teams, owning the second-best record in the league, first in the Eastern Conference. But is that good enough for a team that went from sneaking into last year’s playoffs by the skin of their teeth to a supposed ‘superteam’ this past offseason? Especially considering their superteam counterpart in the Las Vegas Aces 19-2 at the break; their only challenge that lies ahead is cementing themselves as the greatest single-season team ever.

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