The WNBA semifinals kicked off on Sunday with two highly-entertaining games. The No. 1-seed New York Liberty took care of the No. 4-seed Las Vegas Aces, winning 87-77, and the No. 3-seed Connecticut Sun defeated the No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx 73-70 on the road.
As these are a best-of-five series, elimination is not on the table for any teams heading into Game 2. However, the losers of Game 1 will be searching to even the series before we switch locations for Game 3.
Here is the recap on how New York and Connecticut handled business:
Breanna Stewart is good at basketball
It was the Breanna Stewart show in Brooklyn. She scored 34 points on 12-for-19 shooting for the Liberty, as the Aces never found a defender who could slow her down. It’s just one game, but if she proves to be unguardable, then maybe the Aces’ three-peat dreams are truly dead.
Breanna Stewart getting it done on both ends.
-Switches, switches back, there on the catch on the backdoor cut.
-Pushes and hits a 3 in transition pic.twitter.com/oZZeKsgN0g— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) September 29, 2024
Even if it was the Stewart show, you need a good game from more than one player to beat Las Vegas. Sabrina Ionescu was sensational, scoring 21, eight of which she scored in the fourth quarter….
