On Thursday night two teams with legitimate championship aspirations faced each other for the first time in this young WNBA season. Much like the Lynx, the Liberty are an elite defensive team full of veterans, but Minnesota's depth and consistency separated them as they pulled away for a 90-71 in New York. The Lynx used a 17-2 run in the third quarter to build a lead they would not surrender the rest of the game.
Former Lynx Sugar Rodgers was hot in the first half, hitting four threes and scoring 19 points, but was held to one point in the second half.