It’s not that the New York Liberty didn’t have anything to play for on Sunday afternoon at the Barclays Center.
But their contest against the Washington Mystics was never going to have the stakes of their game just 24 hours earlier, a road win vs. the Connecticut Sun that clinched a Commissioner’s Cup Finals berth.
CLINCHED
With their win over the Connecticut Sun, the New York Liberty officially clinch the Eastern Conference spot in the Commissioner’s Cup Championship game presented by @coinbase! #WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/Ny2jCeXsBB— WNBA (@WNBA) June 8, 2024That game came against a previously undefeated Sun team on national TV, 40 minutes of ball that would have had extra juice even without the thought of the Commissioner’s Cup trophy (and cash) looming over the court.