Friday’s WNBA slate kicks off with Liberty (3-1) at Sky (3-2) at 6 p.m. ET. The Sky are coming off their worst performance of the season: an 18-point loss to the 2-2 Dream. The Liberty are coming off a closer-than-expected win over the Storm in Breanna Stewart’s return to Seattle.
With the Liberty fully healthy and with their glowing 16-point win over the Sun still sticking out in everyone’s minds, they will be the heavy favorites in this game. But only beating the Storm by eight certainly makes them seem a bit vulnerable. Stewart has had one outstanding game and two very, very good ones out of the four she’s played in this season. It doesn’t seem she will play a lesser role on the Liberty than she did in Seattle because of all the other stars around her. She is the leader and the team will go as far as she takes it.
The Liberty’s perceived second-best player, Jonquel Jones, has had a quiet start to the season, and it remains to be seen how well she will fit with Stewie and the other pieces. So far it’s been the trio of Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Sabrina Ionescu in the…
