We may be used to it, but that doesn’t mean we’re tired of it. The New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces faced off for the fourth time this August in front of a record-setting Barclays Center crowd on Monday night. And while it may not have carried the weight of the New York’s Commissioner’s Cup victory in Vegas, there were some real stakes in this heavyweight matchup.
The Liberty entered the contest just two losses behind the Aces for the WNBA’s one-seed; a win not only would have closed the gap to one loss, of course, but would have secured a 2-2 split in the regular-season series.