In the Liberty’s only regular season game at Barclays Center this year, the home team lost to the WNBA defending champion Seattle Storm. The bigger news, though, was that the game attracted 7,715 paying fans to a WNBA game on a Sunday afternoon, filling most of Barclays lower bowl.
Final score: Seattle 84, New York 69. The Liberty (8-15) have now lost five straight and eight of nine.
“It wasn’t a shocker to me the turnout,” said Liberty forward Tina Charles, who had 20 of her 22 points in the first half.