It was always going to go five, right?
The New York Liberty may have handed the Minnesota Lynx a stomach-churning punch with Sabrina Ionescu’s game-winner in Game 3, but it could not have been a knockout blow. Not the way this series has gone. Not after the Liberty bounced back from their Game 1 collapse to win the next two, not after the quality and drama of the first three games and 35 minutes of this series.
Are we zooming out too much, though? Maybe the Liberty just lost another game they were supposed to win. Okay, “supposed to” is a bit harsh, given that their biggest lead of the game was seven, given Minnesota was facing elimination on their home floor, where they hadn’t lost two straight all season.