NEW YORK — Barclays Center fell eerily quiet while the sold-out crowds’ wristbands continued to flash. The white “New York ain’t for everyone” towels hung limp.
Breanna Stewart, standing under the basket, raised her hands above her head. It was in disbelief rather than jubilation.
“We should have won this game,” Liberty All-Rookie selection Leonie Fiebich said outside the locker room. “We had many chances. We gave it away multiple times in the game and that’s just really disappointing and not how we wanted to start the series.”
The New York Liberty coughed up their 18-point lead, squirreled away chance after pristine chance at putting it away and ultimately allowed the Minnesota Lynx to steal Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, 95-93, in overtime Thursday.