Every New York Liberty-Connecticut Sun contest is the same.
It doesn’t matter if the Liberty come out firing, as they did bright and early on Wednesday morning. Yes, morning; tip-off time was 11:00 a.m. ET for Connecticut’s Camp Day Contest, as a packed crowd on both sides of the aging spectrum packed Mohegan Sun Arena.
Though the Liberty won the first matchup in Connecticut earlier this season, both teams entered at a WNBA-best 17-4 after New York’s loss to Indiana on Saturday, a true first-place matchup.
So when Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart each reached double-digits in a 29-point first quarter, it was impressive, to be sure.