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Minnesota Lynx @ New York Liberty 66–80

2024-10-13 · WNBA Finals · Game 2 · WNBA · Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY · Att. 18,046 · ABC

Minnesota Lynx 2024 · New York Liberty 2024 · 2024 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	21	18	14	13	66
NYL	31	18	12	19	80

Team stats

	Lynx	Liberty
Field goals	27-60 .450	29-61 .475
Three-pointers	6-20 .300	11-24 .458
Free throws	6-7 .857	11-14 .786
Offensive rebounds	4	10
Defensive rebounds	22	25
Total rebounds	26	35
Assists	20	17
Steals	8	12
Blocks	0	2
Turnovers	19	18
Personal fouls	15	15
Technical fouls	0	0
Points in the paint	34	28
Fast-break points	13	19
Points off turnovers	26	17
Largest lead	0	17

Minnesota Lynx

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	+/-
Napheesa Collier F	35	16	7-12	0-1	2-2	2	5	7	3	4	6	4	-7
Kayla McBride G	33	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-9
Alanna Smith F	31	14	6-9	0-2	2-2	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	+2
Bridget Carleton F	31	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	0	4	4	3	0	0	3	-8
Courtney Williams G	30	15	7-14	1-2	0-0	2	4	6	8	1	5	2	-9
Natisha Hiedeman G	19	5	1-3	1-2	2-3	0	2	2	2	0	3	1	-7
Myisha Hines-Allen F	9	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	-10
Cecilia Zandalasini F	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	-12
Dorka Juhasz F	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Diamond Miller F	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Olivia Epoupa G	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Total	200	66	27-60	6-20	6-7	4	22	26	20	8	19	15

FG .450 · 3P .300 · FT .857

Did not play: Alissa Pili (coach's decision)

New York Liberty

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Breanna Stewart F	38	21	7-18	2-5	5-6	3	6	9	5	5	1	5	3	+13
Sabrina Ionescu G	36	15	5-9	2-5	3-4	0	4	4	5	2	0	2	1	+20
Jonquel Jones C	33	14	6-13	0-1	2-2	3	6	9	1	3	0	4	3	+6
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton G	32	20	8-14	4-6	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	2	+5
Leonie Fiebich F	30	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	3	5	3	1	0	0	2	+17
Courtney Vandersloot G	11	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	-2
Kayla Thornton F	11	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Nyara Sabally F	9	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	+9
Total	200	80	29-61	11-24	11-14	10	25	35	17	12	2	18	15

FG .475 · 3P .458 · FT .786

Did not play: Ivana Dojkić (coach's decision), Jaylyn Sherrod (coach's decision), Kennedy Burke (coach's decision), Marquesha Davis (coach's decision)

Officials: Roy Gulbeyan, Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Tiara Cruse, Randy Richardson

Play-by-play

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Quarter 1

10:00 Start of 1st Period (3:09 PM EST)
10:00 NYL Jump Ball Jones vs. Collier: Tip to Carleton
9:45 MIN Smith Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
9:45 NYL Jones STEAL (1 STL)
9:43 NYL Ionescu 3' Running Layup (2 PTS) 0–2
9:18 MIN Williams Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
9:18 NYL Stewart STEAL (1 STL)
9:11 NYL Ionescu 24' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Stewart 1 AST) 0–5
8:56 NYL Fiebich P.FOUL (P1.T1)
8:50 MIN MISS Williams 15' Pullup Jump Shot
8:47 MIN Williams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
8:46 MIN MISS McBride 24' 3PT Jump Shot
8:42 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
8:36 NYL MISS Jones 3' Driving Layup
8:34 MIN Carleton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
8:29 MIN Smith 3' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Carleton 1 AST) 2–5
8:04 NYL MISS Ionescu 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
8:00 MIN Williams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
7:53 MIN Collier Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
7:43 NYL Jones OFF.Foul (P1)
7:43 NYL Jones Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
7:33 MIN Smith 3' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Williams 1 AST) 4–5
7:27 NYL MISS Stewart 27' 3PT Jump Shot
7:27 NYL Fiebich REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
7:20 NYL Stewart 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Laney-Hamilton 1 AST) 4–7
7:11 MIN MISS McBride 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
7:06 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
7:00 NYL Ionescu 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Stewart 2 AST) 4–10
6:47 MIN Williams 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) 7–10
6:36 NYL Stewart 14' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Ionescu 1 AST) 7–12
6:17 MIN Collier 9' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Carleton 2 AST) 9–12
6:10 NYL Ionescu Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T2)
5:58 MIN Williams Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
5:58 NYL Stewart STEAL (2 STL)
5:52 NYL Jump Ball Jones vs. Collier: Tip to Laney-Hamilton
5:32 NYL Jones 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Fiebich 1 AST) 9–14
5:17 MIN Smith 3' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Williams 2 AST) 11–14
5:04 NYL Laney-Hamilton 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) 11–16
4:51 MIN MISS Smith 24' 3PT Jump Shot
4:48 NYL Laney-Hamilton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
4:40 NYL Ionescu 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Laney-Hamilton 2 AST) 11–18
4:30 MIN Carleton 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Collier 1 AST) 14–18
4:12 NYL Laney-Hamilton 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Stewart 3 AST) 14–21
3:51 MIN McBride 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Williams 3 AST) 16–21
3:37 NYL MISS Ionescu 28' 3PT Jump Shot
3:35 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
3:27 NYL Jones Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
3:27 Timeout: Official
3:27 NYL SUB: Thornton FOR Fiebich
3:05 MIN MISS Collier 24' 3PT Jump Shot
3:01 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
2:58 NYL Laney-Hamilton Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
2:46 MIN Williams 20' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) 18–21
2:29 NYL Laney-Hamilton 3' Driving Layup (7 PTS) 18–23
2:12 MIN McBride 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Smith 1 AST) 21–23
2:00 NYL Stewart Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T5)
2:00 MIN Smith STEAL (1 STL)
1:56 MIN MISS Williams 15' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
1:52 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
1:36 NYL SUB: Fiebich FOR Jones
1:36 NYL SUB: Sabally FOR Laney-Hamilton
1:32 NYL Ionescu 22' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Stewart 4 AST) 21–25
1:15 MIN MISS Carleton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
1:12 NYL Fiebich REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
1:05 NYL Stewart 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Ionescu 2 AST) 21–28
0:54 MIN Collier Traveling Turnover (P2.T5)
0:54 MIN SUB: Hiedeman FOR Smith
0:54 MIN SUB: Hines-Allen FOR Williams
0:54 MIN SUB: Zandalasini FOR McBride
0:44 NYL Thornton 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Stewart 5 AST) 21–31
0:35 MIN MISS Carleton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
0:32 NYL Fiebich REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
0:21 NYL SUB: Vandersloot FOR Ionescu
0:18 NYL Jump Ball Stewart vs. Collier: Tip to Stewart
0:11 NYL MISS Stewart 27' 3PT Jump Shot
0:07 MIN Zandalasini REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
0:00 MIN MISS Carleton 4' Driving Layup
0:00 NYL Sabally BLOCK (1 BLK)
0:00 Lynx Rebound
0:00 End of 1st Period (3:26 PM EST)

Quarter 2

10:00 Start of 2nd Period (3:30 PM EST)
9:40 NYL MISS Thornton 26' 3PT Jump Shot
9:36 MIN Hiedeman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
9:28 MIN MISS Collier 4' Driving Layup
9:25 NYL Vandersloot REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
9:19 NYL MISS Stewart 4' Driving Layup
9:14 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
9:14 NYL Stewart 1' Putback Layup (9 PTS) 21–33
8:57 NYL Stewart P.FOUL (P1.T1)
8:45 MIN Carleton 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Zandalasini 1 AST) 24–33
8:23 NYL Sabally Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T6)
8:06 MIN MISS Zandalasini 15' Pullup Jump Shot
8:02 NYL Sabally REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
7:48 NYL Vandersloot Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T7)
7:48 MIN Hines-Allen STEAL (1 STL)
7:42 NYL SUB: Laney-Hamilton FOR Thornton
7:42 NYL SUB: Jones FOR Sabally
7:39 NYL Jump Ball Vandersloot vs. Hiedeman: Tip to Zandalasini
7:32 MIN MISS Collier 11' Jump Shot
7:29 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
7:23 NYL MISS Stewart 8' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
7:20 MIN Hines-Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
7:16 MIN Hiedeman 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Carleton 3 AST) 27–33
7:01 NYL MISS Jones 4' Layup
6:57 MIN Hiedeman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
6:57 NYL SUB: Ionescu FOR Fiebich
6:57 MIN SUB: McBride FOR Carleton
6:53 NYL Jump Ball Laney-Hamilton vs. Zandalasini: Tip to Stewart
6:53 MIN Hiedeman Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T6)
6:53 NYL Laney-Hamilton STEAL (1 STL)
6:52 NYL MISS Stewart 11' Jump Shot
6:48 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
6:48 NYL Jones 1' Putback Layup (4 PTS) 27–35
6:35 MIN Hiedeman Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T7)
6:35 NYL Ionescu STEAL (1 STL)
6:32 MIN McBride S.FOUL (P1.T1)
6:32 NYL Ionescu Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
6:32 MIN SUB: Williams FOR Hiedeman
6:32 NYL Ionescu Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
6:12 MIN MISS Hines-Allen 7' Driving Hook Shot
6:12 Lynx Rebound
6:12 NYL SUB: Fiebich FOR Vandersloot
6:12 MIN SUB: Smith FOR Collier
6:02 MIN MISS McBride 19' Pullup Jump Shot
6:00 NYL Fiebich REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
6:00 MIN Hines-Allen P.FOUL (P1.T2)
6:00 NYL SUB: Sabally FOR Stewart
5:43 NYL Laney-Hamilton 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS) 27–40
5:22 MIN Zandalasini Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T8)
5:22 LIBERTY Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
5:22 MIN SUB: Collier FOR Hines-Allen
5:22 MIN SUB: Carleton FOR Zandalasini
5:09 NYL MISS Fiebich 24' 3PT Jump Shot
5:06 NYL Sabally REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
4:56 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
4:52 NYL Sabally REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
4:50 NYL Ionescu Traveling Turnover (P2.T8)
4:50 NYL SUB: Stewart FOR Sabally
4:31 MIN MISS Williams 20' Pullup Jump Shot
4:28 NYL Ionescu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
4:15 NYL Stewart 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Fiebich 2 AST) 27–43
3:53 MIN MISS Collier 19' Pullup Jump Shot
3:50 MIN Collier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
3:49 MIN Collier Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T9)
3:49 NYL Jones STEAL (2 STL)
3:45 NYL MISS Stewart 3' Running Layup
3:40 MIN Collier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
3:37 MIN Collier 3' Running Layup (4 PTS) 29–43
3:21 NYL Laney-Hamilton 24' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Ionescu 3 AST) 29–46
3:02 MIN Carleton 3' Cutting Layup Shot (8 PTS) (Williams 4 AST) 31–46
2:48 MIN Collier P.FOUL (P1.T3)
2:48 Lynx Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
2:39 NYL MISS Stewart 16' Pullup Jump Shot
2:35 MIN Collier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
2:25 NYL Stewart Violation:Kicked Ball
2:20 NYL Jones P.FOUL (P2.T2)
2:09 MIN Collier Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P4.T10)
1:55 NYL MISS Jones 16' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot
1:52 NYL Fiebich REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
1:47 NYL Laney-Hamilton Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T9)
1:36 MIN Williams 3' Driving Reverse Layup (7 PTS) (McBride 1 AST) 33–46
1:17 NYL MISS Ionescu 18' Pullup Jump Shot
1:13 MIN Williams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
1:08 MIN Smith 2' Running Layup (8 PTS) (Collier 2 AST) 35–46
0:53 MIN Williams S.FOUL (P1.T4)
0:53 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
0:53 NYL SUB: Sabally FOR Jones
0:53 NYL Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
0:38 MIN Collier 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (6 PTS) (Williams 5 AST) 37–48
0:14 MIN Carleton S.FOUL (P1.PN)
0:14 NYL Sabally Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
0:14 NYL SUB: Thornton FOR Ionescu
0:14 NYL MISS Sabally Free Throw 2 of 2
0:12 MIN Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
0:03 NYL Thornton S.FOUL (P1.T3)
0:03 MIN Collier Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
0:03 MIN Collier Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
0:01 NYL MISS Stewart 37' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
0:00 LIBERTY Rebound
0:00 End of 2nd Period (3:54 PM EST)

Quarter 3

10:00 Start of 3rd Period (4:12 PM EST)
9:34 LIBERTY Turnover: Shot Clock (T#10)
9:22 NYL Fiebich P.FOUL (P2.T1)
9:14 MIN Smith 2' Cutting Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Williams 6 AST) 41–49
8:57 NYL Laney-Hamilton 9' Turnaround Fadeaway (15 PTS) 41–51
8:42 MIN MISS Carleton 3PT Jump Shot
8:38 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
8:32 NYL Stewart Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T11)
8:32 MIN Collier STEAL (1 STL)
8:28 MIN Smith Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T11)
8:14 NYL MISS Ionescu 25' 3PT Jump Shot
8:12 MIN Carleton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
8:06 MIN Smith 3' Layup (12 PTS) (Williams 7 AST) 43–51
7:54 NYL Laney-Hamilton 2' Driving Layup (17 PTS) 43–53
7:54 Lynx Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
7:54 Instant Replay3rd Period (4:15 PM EST)
7:38 MIN MISS Williams 4' Driving Layup
7:35 MIN Williams REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
7:20 MIN Williams 20' Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Collier 3 AST) 45–53
7:00 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 8' Fadeaway Jumper
6:58 MIN Collier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
6:54 MIN Williams 22' Running Jump Shot (11 PTS) 47–53
6:54 LIBERTY Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
6:54 Instant Replay3rd Period (4:19 PM EST)
6:31 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 24' 3PT Jump Shot
6:27 MIN Carleton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
6:15 MIN MISS Carleton 3' Driving Layup
6:13 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
6:07 NYL Jones 2' Running Layup (6 PTS) (Fiebich 3 AST) 47–55
5:59 NYL Laney-Hamilton P.FOUL (P1.T2)
5:51 MIN MISS McBride 28' 3PT Jump Shot
5:48 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
5:32 NYL MISS Laney-Hamilton 17' Pullup Jump Shot
5:28 MIN Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
5:16 MIN Smith Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T12)
5:16 NYL Stewart STEAL (3 STL)
5:09 NYL Jones Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T12)
5:09 MIN Williams STEAL (1 STL)
4:59 MIN Collier OFF.Foul (P2)
4:59 MIN Collier Offensive Foul Turnover (P5.T13)
4:59 NYL SUB: Thornton FOR Fiebich
4:59 MIN SUB: Hiedeman FOR Williams
4:49 MIN Collier P.FOUL (P3.T1)
4:42 NYL Stewart Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T13)
4:42 MIN Collier STEAL (2 STL)
4:39 MIN Collier 4' Running Layup (10 PTS) 49–55
4:26 NYL Laney-Hamilton Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T14)
4:26 MIN Smith STEAL (2 STL)
4:17 NYL Stewart P.FOUL (P2.T3)
4:17 NYL SUB: Vandersloot FOR Laney-Hamilton
4:12 NYL Thornton P.FOUL (P2.T4)
4:05 MIN MISS McBride 16' Driving Layup
4:01 MIN Collier REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
4:01 MIN Collier 1' Putback Layup (12 PTS) 51–55
3:53 NYL Jones 3' Cutting Layup Shot (8 PTS) (Ionescu 4 AST) 51–57
3:28 MIN MISS Collier 6' Driving Layup
3:26 NYL Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
3:26 MIN Hiedeman Violation:Jump Ball
3:18 MIN Collier P.FOUL (P4.T2)
3:18 MIN SUB: Hines-Allen FOR Collier
3:03 NYL MISS Jones 18' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
2:59 MIN Hines-Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
2:49 MIN MISS Smith 28' 3PT Jump Shot
2:46 NYL Stewart REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
2:22 NYL MISS Jones 4' Driving Layup
2:19 MIN McBride REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
2:06 NYL Vandersloot P.FOUL (P1.PN)
2:06 MIN Smith Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
2:06 NYL SUB: Sabally FOR Jones
2:06 MIN SUB: Zandalasini FOR McBride
2:06 MIN Smith Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
1:57 NYL MISS Stewart 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
1:55 MIN Zandalasini REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
1:37 MIN Hiedeman Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T14)
1:37 NYL Ionescu STEAL (2 STL)
1:30 MIN Zandalasini P.FOUL (P1.T3)
1:30 MIN SUB: Juhász FOR Smith
1:24 MIN Carleton P.FOUL (P2.PN)
1:24 NYL Stewart Free Throw 1 of 2 (15 PTS)
1:24 NYL Stewart Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)
1:03 MIN MISS Juhász 6' Cutting Layup Shot
1:03 NYL Stewart BLOCK (1 BLK)
1:00 NYL Sabally REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
0:55 NYL Stewart 19' Running Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Vandersloot 1 AST) 53–61
0:33 MIN MISS Carleton 26' 3PT Jump Shot
0:31 NYL Vandersloot REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
0:11 NYL MISS Thornton 24' 3PT Jump Shot
0:08 MIN Carleton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
0:02 MIN MISS Hines-Allen 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
0:00 Lynx Rebound
0:00 End of 3rd Period (4:34 PM EST)

Quarter 4