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Sami Whitcombe scored 15 points and Sabrina Ionescu scored 13, all after halftime as the visiting New York Liberty fended off a shaky start to a 91-73 lead against the Dallas Wings on Wednesday. Victory. in Arlington, Texas.
The Liberty (14-20) maintained postseason hopes and dominated the second and third quarters to record his second straight loss and beat Dallas 49-26. , turned a 13-point difference into his 10.・Take the lead into the final period.
New York poured it all into the fourth period and won by a whopping 19 points. Liberty is tied with Atlanta for his eighth place and is his spot in the final playoffs.
Dallas had his first loss after five straight wins. The Wings (17-17) could win any of his two remaining games to move him sixth in the league standings and win a playoff matchup against the third-seeded team.
Dallas could end with its first winning campaign since the franchise moved from Tulsa to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex following the 2015 season.
Marine Johannes also scored 13 points and Betni Jaraini scored his 11 points in New York.
Marina Mabrey led Dallas with her 19 points. Tayla McCowan had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Veronica Barton had 15 points and Alisha Gray had 11 points.
Dallas played without leading scorer Alike Ogamboile. Alike Ogamboire will miss the rest of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs with his abdominal injury.
The Wings had already secured a playoff spot before Wednesday's game, but weren't complacent and he took a 31-18 lead after the first period.
Liberty got within his four points in his first four minutes of the second period, and Johannes' running his layup in his 2:57 of the quarter put him 36-36. The score was tied. Burton's 3-pointer with 2:42 remaining pushed Dallas back to a 39-38 lead at the break.
Johannes led Liberty with 11 points by half-time, but Ionescu missed all four of his shots and was scoreless in the first half.
Gray, McCowan and Burton each scored nine points, keeping pace with the Wings, who scored just eight points in the second quarter.
The third quarter was dominated by Liberty as Ionescu rang the buzzer and scored a layup in which he scored 11 points in the period before taking a 67-57 lead.
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