Flashback to the beginning of the season. The New York Liberty looked good, but there were definitely concerns on a few fronts: the form of Jonquel Jones, team chemistry and how the team would fare against the Las Vegas Aces.
Now, as we have less than a handful of games left before the regular season ends, most of those worries have disappeared. The Liberty have put themselves in an optimal position. They sit second in the overall WNBA standings, have only lost three games since the month of June, tied their season series with the Aces at 2-2 and won the Commissioner’s Cup. They likely will go into the playoffs as the No. 2 seed, unless the Aces somehow lose the majority of their final four games. If the season ended today, New York would play Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs, but the fifth through eighth seeds are tight between the Washington Mystics, Atlanta Dream, Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks, with the Chicago Sky lurking in ninth. The Liberty could face any of these teams.
What’s going right
Things are looking good for the Liberty, and you can’t help but think you can trust them to win a five-game series against any other contenders. Their season record sits at 28-7, and they have won 10 of their last 11 games. Any chemistry woes from early…
