Kahleah Copper (27 points) went on 8-0 and 8-2 individual runs in the third quarter to cut into a 19-point deficit and her Chicago Sky went on a 13-0 run from 7:30 in the fourth to 3:57 in the fourth to take a 74-70 lead before holding on to defeat the super-team New York Liberty 86-82 Sunday afternoon at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The Sky avenged Friday night’s 77-76 loss to the Liberty, which saw Breanna Stewart make a game-winning shot with seven seconds remaining, and improved to 4-3, while New York fell to 4-2 after another concerning outing. The Liberty lost their opener by 16 to the Mystics and in their last three have been challenged by the 0-4 Storm, challenged by the Sky and defeated by the Sky.
Courtney Williams was nearly the hero on Friday, knocking down a three that put Chicago up 76-74 with 55 seconds to go. On Sunday, she hit a three that made it 79-76 Sky with 1:42 remaining. Courtney Vandersloot made a wide-open driving layup to cut it to 80-78 with 59 ticks left, but New York couldn’t get the job done on its next two possessions, which resulted in an offensive foul turnover and a Stewart air-ball three, respectively. The Liberty didn’t score again until a Vandersloot reverse layup with 9.8 seconds remaining. After that Marina Mabrey iced the…
