Top-seeded New York Liberty can punch their ticket to the semifinals with a Tuesday victory over the Atlanta Dream
The New York Liberty never trailed in their Game 1 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday, taking a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three first-round playoff series. On Tuesday night, the teams are back at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for Game 2, with New York looking to close out the series and move on to the semifinals. The top-seeded Liberty lost two of their final regular-season games, including the finale at home to Atlanta, which locked up the eighth seed with the win. New York was 3-1 against the Dream in the regular season.
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The Liberty took a 10-point lead with 3:39 remaining in the first quarter and led by as much as 22 in their 83-69 victory on Sunday in Game 1. Breanna Stewart finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots and Leonie Fiebich canned all four of her 3-point attempts in a 21-point performance.
Rhyne Howard paced Atlanta with 14 points and Tina Charles added 12 for the Dream, who shot just 39.7% overall and were 3-of-16 from 3-point range. Atlanta is without reserve forward Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (ankle) and backup guard Aerial Powers (calf). Both were ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Dream earlier this month.
With a victory on Tuesday night, the Liberty advances to the best-of-five semifinals against the winner of the series between the fifth-seeded Seattle Storm and the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces, the No. 4 seed. An Atlanta win forces a decisive Game 3 on Thursday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
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