The Washington Mystics lost to the New York Liberty, 74-70 on Friday night at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights.
Depending on how you look at things, this game was a defensive showdown, or a clash of two teams that struggled to get anything going. Through the first three quarters, both teams shot under 40 percent and both teams committed at least 10 turnovers each. Neither team led by double digits.
Finally in the fourth quarter, Washington was able to make a late run and led 68-65 with under 1:30 left after Natasha Cloud made a pull up jumper.