Breanna Stewart scored 27 points and the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 90-85 in overtime on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs for the first time in eight years.
New York hadn’t won a playoff series since 2015. The Liberty will play either No. 3 Connecticut or sixth-seeded Minnesota. Those two teams will play the deciding game of their best-of-3 series on Wednesday night. The semifinals begin Sunday.New York built an 84-79 lead in overtime before Washington got within 86-85 with 38 seconds left. The Liberty worked the shot clock down before Jonquel Jones turned it over.
Stewart hit two free throws with a few seconds later to give New York an 88-85 advantage. Ariel Atkins missed a contested 3-pointer with 7 seconds remaining and Stewart hit two free throws to seal the win.Natasha Cloud scored a career-high 33 points to lead Washington. Both teams had chances in the final seconds of regulation. Cloud threw the ball away on the inbounds and then Courtney Vandersloot gave it back when she tried to get the ball to Stewart at the top of the key with 3 seconds left. Washington couldn’t get a shot off before the clock expired.
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