NBA

New York Liberty at Dallas Wings

· Women's National Basketball Association
31-6, 15-4 Away
Final
67 - 99

9-28, 7-12 Home

Sabrina Ionescu, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton lead Liberty over Wings 99-67 for 5th straight victory

Jonquel Jones makes a great defensive play for the steal

Ionescu made 8 of 18 shots with four 3-pointers, and added six assists for New York (31-6), which has the league's best record and beat the Wings for the second time in three days.

Laney-Hamilton sank three 3-pointers and half of her 12 shots, grabbing six rebounds.

Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot both scored 11 for the Liberty, while Leonie Fiebich added nine points off the bench.

Arike Ogunbowale and Maddy Siegrist both scored 11 to lead Dallas (9-28), which has lost six in a row.

Ionescu made two 3-pointers and Laney-Hamilton sank one as the Liberty jumped to a 9-0 lead. Jaelyn Brown hit from beyond the arc to get Dallas within 20-15, but Ionescu made a 3-pointer and reverse layup in the final 44 seconds to put the Liberty up 25-15 after one quarter.

Ionescu had 16 points by halftime and Laney-Hamilton scored 12 as the Liberty built a 50-32 halftime lead. The Dallas bench — led by seven from Brown — accounted for 14 points in the first half.

Satou Sabally's layup pulled the Wings within 14 two minutes into the third quarter. Vandersloot and Ionescu answered with back-to-back layups and New York remained comfortably in front 73-55 heading to the fourth.

New York beat the Wings 105-91 on Tuesday to become the second team to post 30 victories in 36 games, joining two-time defending champion Las Vegas. The Aces did it last season when the league played a 40-game regular-season schedule for the first time. The Liberty need to win their last three games to tie the Aces' record 34-6 mark.

UP NEXT

Dallas: Hosts Seattle Storm on Friday.

New York: Hosts Minnesota Lynx on Sunday with chance to clinch top seed for playoffs.

Regular Season Series

NY wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 99 - 67
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 99 - 67
4th 1.2 shot clock turnover 99 - 67
4th 25.2 Jaylyn Sherrod makes two point shot (Kennedy Burke assists) 99 - 67
4th 29.2 Lou Lopez Senechal bad pass (Kennedy Burke steals) 97 - 67

Statistics

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33-69 FG 26-71
47.8 Field Goal % 36.6
12-30 3PT 4-18
40.0 Three Point % 22.2
21-26 FT 11-16
80.8 Free Throw % 68.8
40 Rebounds 33
8 Offensive Rebounds 9
32 Defensive Rebounds 24
25 Assists 17
10 Steals 4
4 Blocks 2
10 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 2
10 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
30 Fast Break Points 11
38 Points in Paint 38
13 Fouls 23
32 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

College Park Center

Location: Arlington, TX
Attendance: 5,384 · Capacity:

2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 8 L1 0.8 32
Connecticut 4 12 W1 0.7 28
Indiana 12 20 L1 0.5 20
Atlanta 17 25 W3 0.375 15
Washington 18 26 W1 0.35 14
Chicago 19 27 L5 0.325 13

2023-24 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 10 L1 0.75 30
Las Vegas 3 13 W5 0.675 27
Seattle 5 15 W1 0.625 25
Phoenix 11 21 L1 0.475 19
Dallas 21 31 L9 0.225 9
Los Angeles 22 32 W1 0.2 8
Full Standings

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