Natasha Cloud and Kennedy Burke hit each of each New York’s WNBA-Record 19 3-pointers and jointly rolled Liberty for 35 points to a 99–74 win over host Chicago Sky on Thursday night.
Sabrina INESCU set the speed quickly by scoring 16 for Liberty (2–0), which went beyond the arc to make history from 19-for-34. New York shot only 4-for-21 on 3-point attempts during its season-opening 92-78 win over the 92-78 win over the Las Vegas Aces.
Breena Stewart (12 points) of New York netted two 3-pointers, while Jonquel Jones (11 points) made three from long distance and posted seven rebounds with four blocks. INESCU and Marine Johannes added two trace episi.
Cloud had a team-high 18 points and eight assistance, while Kennedy scored 17 runs for Liberty, who broke the open items in the second quarter by outering Sky by 25–9.
In the first half, New York led 58.6 percent from the ground and 53-32 from the 3-point range to 8-for-15. This helped that Chicago shot 32.3 percent and performed 16 turnover, leading to 18 points for Liberty through the first two quarters.
Liberty shot 55.2 percent in total, while Akash (0–2) was injured by 36.2 percent.
Chicago Star Angel Reese caught 12 rebounds but shot 0-for-8 from the ground and 2-for-6 on the free-thro line. His only number came from two foul shots, with 6:18 survived in regulation.
Rachel Banam had 15 points, courtney Vandersloot 14 and Rebecca Allen scored 11 for Chicago, which has been out of 60 points in its first two competitions.
INESCU scored 10 points and Jones led 28–23 after a quarter as eight. Liberty compulsorily controlled by scoring the first eight digits of the second period.
New York led 36–30, before Stewart knocked a tray to ignite 15–0 runs which included Burke and 3-Poraters from Marine Johannes.
Painted by the back-to-back triple from the Wanderslut and Ariel Atkins, Sky lagged the first eight of the second half 53–40. However, Reese was slapped with a technology, which was left in the third with a loose ball foul.
INESCU then hit a free throw, which started 12–4 for Liberty.
Claude scored the third point of the fourth and the first six points of New York of the first five.
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