New York Liberty at Dallas Wings
· Women's National Basketball AssociationOgunbawale, Wings overcome Ionescu's 33-point effort
Dallas' balanced attack helped overcome a 33-point outburst from Liberty rookie Sabrina Ionescu, who was the league's No. 1 pick in April. Ionescu finished 11-of-20 shooting, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, and added seven assists and seven rebounds. Layshia Clarendon was the only other Liberty player in double figures with 11 points.
The Wings (1-1) used an 11-2 run to start the second quarter and built a 35-24 advantage. Dallas led 58-43 at halftime and wasn't challenged in the second half. New York (0-2) finished with 18 turnovers against 16 assists.
Moriah Jefferson scored 13 points for Dallas, Satou Sabally and Katie Lou Samuelson 12 each and Allisha Gray 10.
Regular Season Series
DAL leads series 2-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 80 - 93 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 80 - 93 |
| 4th 16.6 |  |
Jazmine Jones makes free throw 1 of 1 | 80 - 93 |
| 4th 16.6 |  |
Megan Gustafson makes technical free throw | 79 - 93 |
| 4th 16.6 | |
Jazmine Jones technical foul (1st technical foul) | 79 - 92 |
Statistics
 NY |
 DAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 31-73 | FG | 36-72 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 50 |
| 9-25 | 3PT | 10-23 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 43 |
| 9-12 | FT | 11-17 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 65 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 31 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 3 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 3 |
| 1 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 22 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 42 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fouls | 19 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 25 |
Game Information
Location: Bradenton, FL
Capacity:
2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indiana |
- | 9 | W2 | 0.6086956 | 14 |
 Atlanta |
0.5 | 10 | W1 | 0.5833333 | 14 |
 Washington |
1.5 | 10 | W2 | 0.54545456 | 12 |
 New York |
1.5 | 11 | L3 | 0.5416667 | 13 |
 Toronto |
4.5 | 14 | L1 | 0.41666666 | 10 |
 Chicago |
6.5 | 16 | W1 | 0.33333334 | 8 |
 Connecticut |
8.5 | 18 | W1 | 0.25 | 6 |
2025-26 Western Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota |
- | 6 | W4 | 0.76 | 19 |
 Las Vegas |
1.5 | 7 | L1 | 0.7083333 | 17 |
 Golden State |
1.5 | 7 | W7 | 0.7083333 | 17 |
 Dallas |
2.5 | 8 | W5 | 0.6666667 | 16 |
 Los Angeles |
8 | 13 | L2 | 0.4347826 | 10 |
 Portland |
8.5 | 14 | L1 | 0.41666666 | 10 |
 Phoenix |
11 | 17 | L4 | 0.32 | 8 |
 Seattle |
13.5 | 20 | L3 | 0.23076923 | 6 |
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