Not there yet. In front of a large and excited Barclays Center crowd, the New York Liberty gave the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm a heck of a battle for much of the game. However, they didn't have enough offensive punch to bring it home and lost by 15 points on Sunday afternoon. The loss was their fifth in a row.
The opponent tonight will be the Minnesota Lynx. It's been a rocky year for the Lynx as injuries have derailed a possible championship run. They had won two straight blowouts before getting blown out themselves by the Washington Mystics on Sunday afternoon.