Behind another big performance from Sabrina Ionescu, New York is a win away from sweeping two-time defending champ Las Vegas out of the semifinals.
Las Vegas Aceson Tuesday at Barclays Center. No WNBA team has ever come back from an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series, and no defending champion has ever been in this position.
The matchup is a rematch of the 2023 WNBA Finals, which the Aces won 3-1. Since a championship-sealing 70-69 Game 4 victory in Brooklyn last season, Las Vegas has lost five consecutive games against New York. The losing streak ties the franchise record for consecutive losses against the same opponent.On the other side of the ball, the Liberty's five consecutive wins over the Aces are a franchise single-season record against an opponent.
The top-seeded Liberty have never won a WNBA championship, but they have been to the WNBA Finals five times. WNBA teams are 18-0 in playoff history when leading 2-0 in a best-of-5 series. The WNBA playoffs continue Friday as the semifinal series shift to Las Vegas and Connecticut.It's worth remembering the sample of WNBA series that started 2-0 is small and reflects many that weren't this close. New York won the first two games by 14 points, and just four of the previous 18 featured a combined margin that small -- including the last time a team rallied to force Game 5, Phoenix against Seattle in the 2018 semifinals.
When the NBA had best-of-5 series, we saw six 2-0 comebacks, per ESPN Research. By that .111 win percentage , we're overdue for a similar WNBA comeback. We'll see if Las Vegas can be that team. --Ionescu, however, has emerged as a dominant offensive force in the 2024 postseason. She led the Liberty with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, making her the only player in Liberty history with multiple postseason 20-point, 5-rebound, 5-assist games.
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