The New York Liberty are WNBA champions for the first time in their 28-year history after coming from behind to fall shorture the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in clearime on Sunday night in a triumphner-get-all Game 5 of the finals.
Jonquel Jones scored 17 points to direct New York on a night when her teammates Breanna Strewart and Sabrina Ionescu struggled mightily on the impolite finish.
Napheesa Collier, the WNBA’s defensive carry outer of the year, scored 22 points to direct Minnesota before fouling out in clearime.
The Liberty were one of the innovative eight WNBA franchises and the lone member of that class to have not won a championship. No extfinisheder.
CHILLS… 🗽
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— WNBA (@WNBA) October 21, 2024
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The best-of-five series between the Liberty and the Lynx will go down as one of the most emotional in WNBA history. All five games came down to the last restricted haveions, with two going to clearime and another finishd by a last-second triumphner.
Jones was named Most Valuable Player of the WNBA finals after she unrelabelabled 17.8 points and 7.6 rebounds a game apass the five contests.
Full inestablish to chase …
