2024 New York Liberty season

2024 New York Liberty season
2024 New York Liberty season
WNBA champions
Coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	Barclays Center
Attendance	12,730 per game
Results
Record	32–8 (.800)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	WNBA Champions (Defeated Minnesota Lynx 3–2 in WNBA Finals)
Team Leaders
Points	Breanna Stewart – 20.4 ppg
Rebounds	Jonquel Jones – 9.0 rpg
Assists	Sabrina Ionescu – 6.2 apg
Media
Television	WWOR-TV; WNYW
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The 2024 New York Liberty season was the 28th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their third season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, against the Washington Mystics in Washington.^[1]

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The Liberty started the season strongly, winning their first four games, including a dominant 102–66 win over Indiana. They slowed a little after that, losing two straight games, before winning their final two games in May. They finished the month 6–2. Their winning streak carried forward into June as they won six additional games to extend the streak to eight games. The streak included another blow-out win over Indiana and wins over Connecticut and Las Vegas. The streak also encompassed all their WNBA Commissioner's Cup regular season games. Their 5–0 Commissioner's Cup earned them a spot in the finals. Their winning streak was broken after eight games by Phoenix. After that, they won back-to-back games against Los Angeles and a game in Atlanta before the Commissioner's Cup Final. The Liberty came up short of winning back-to-back Commissioner's Cups as they lost the final to Minnesota 89–94. They won their final game in June to finish the month 10–1. They defeated Minnesota before losing to Indiana to begin July. They won their next four games before the Olympic break to finish July 5–1. They headed into the Olympic break with a WNBA best 21–4 record. The Liberty's stellar play carried through the Olympic break as they won their first four games back, including a back-to-back against Dallas. They lost two of their last four games, losing against Connecticut and Los Angeles to finish August 6–2. Their win on August 17 secured them a playoff berth. The Liberty entered September in a fight for the number one seed with Minnesota. The team won their first four games of the month before dropping two of their last three. The loss on September 15 to Minnesota ended up not being pivotal as the Liberty secured the number one seed with a win in their next game on September 17. They finished September 5–2. The Liberty's overall regular season record was 32–8, which matched their record from the previous season.

The Liberty entered the playoffs as the number one seed, and hosted the eighth-seeded Atlanta Dream in the First Round. The Liberty used home court advantage to sweep the Dream two games to zero, winning Game One 83–69 and Game Two 91–82. In the Semifinals the Liberty faced the fourth seed Las Vegas Aces. The Liberty won Games One and Two in New York 87–77 and 88–84. The Aces won Game Three in Las Vegas 95–81, but the Liberty took Game Four 76–62 to win the series three games to one. The Liberty faced Minnesota in a re-match of the Commissionier's Cup final in the WNBA Finals. New York lost Game One 93–95 in overtime. They bounced back to win Game Two 80–66. They won Game Three in Minnesota 80–77. They were unable to close out the Finals in Game Four, losing 80–82. The series returned to New York for Game 5, which the Liberty won, in overtime, 67–62. This was the first WNBA title for the Liberty, ending a streak of five Finals losses.

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Marquesha Davis	United States	Ole Miss
2	17	Esmery Martinez	Dominican Republic	Arizona
2	23	Jessika Carter	United States	Mississippi State
3	35	Kaitlyn Davis	United States	USC

Date	Transaction
January 11, 2024	Cored Breanna Stewart^[2]
January 11, 2024	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Marine Johannès^[2]
February 1, 2024	Signed Leonie Fiebich to a Rookie Contract^[3]^[4]
	Signed Okako Adika to a Rookie Contract^[3]^[4]
	Signed Stephanie Mawuli to a Training Camp Contract^[3]
	Signed Ivana Dojkić to a Training Camp Contract^[3]
February 5, 2024	Signed Brianna Fraser to a Training Camp Contract^[5]
February 15, 2024	Signed Morgan Green to a Training Camp Contract^[6]
February 16, 2024	Re-signed Jonquel Jones^[7]
February 20, 2024	Signed Kennedy Burke^[8]
February 26, 2024	Re-signed Breanna Stewart^[9]
March 14, 2024	Acquired Rebekah Gardner in exchange for their 2025 and 2026 second round picks^[10]
March 18, 2024	Signed Ana Tadić to a Rookie Contract^[4]
April 16, 2024	Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a Rookie Contract^[4]
April 17, 2024	Waived Morgan Green^[4]
	Signed Rita Igbokwe to a Training Camp Contract^[4]
	Signed Marquesha Davis, Esmery Martinez, and Jessika Carter to Rookie Contracts^[2]
April 23, 2024	Epiphanny Prince announced her retirement from the WNBA^[2]
April 25, 2024	Waived Ana Tadić^[4]
May 11, 2024	Waived Stephanie Mawuli, Rita Igbokwe, Brianna Fraser, Jessika Carter, and Okako Adika^[11]
May 13, 2024	Waived Esmery Martinez and Jaylyn Sherrod^[12]
July 6, 2024	Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a 7-day contract^[13]
July 13, 2024	Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a second 7-day contract
August 17, 2024	Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a third 7-day contract
August 24, 2024	Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a rest of season contract^[14]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Ivana Dojkić Jaylyn Sherrod
SG	Sabrina Ionescu	Kennedy Burke Marquesha Davis
SF	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	Kayla Thornton
PF	Breanna Stewart	Leonie Fiebich
C	Jonquel Jones	Nyara Sabally

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	yx – New York Liberty	32	8	.800	—	16–4	16–4	16–4	5–0
2	cx – Minnesota Lynx	30	10	.750	2	14–6	16–4	14–6	4–1
3	x – Connecticut Sun	28	12	.700	4	14–6	14–6	14–6	4–1
4	x – Las Vegas Aces	27	13	.675	5	12–8	13–7	14–6	2–3
5	x – Seattle Storm	25	15	.625	7	13–7	14–6	11–9	4–1
6	x – Indiana Fever	20	20	.500	12	11–9	12–8	8–12	3–2
7	x – Phoenix Mercury	19	21	.475	13	10–10	10–10	9–11	3–2
8	x – Atlanta Dream	15	25	.375	17	7–13	8–12	7–13	1–4
9	e – Washington Mystics	14	26	.350	18	7–13	5–15	9–11	1–4
10	e – Chicago Sky	13	27	.325	19	5–15	6–14	7–13	1–4
11	e – Dallas Wings	9	31	.225	23	6–14	7–13	2–18	0–5
12	e – Los Angeles Sparks	8	32	.200	24	5–15	5–15	3–17	2–3

First round Best-of-3			Semifinals Best-of-5			Finals Best-of-5

1	New York Liberty	2

8	Atlanta Dream	0
			1	New York Liberty	3

			4	Las Vegas Aces	1
4	Las Vegas Aces	2

5	Seattle Storm	0
						1	New York Liberty	3

						2	Minnesota Lynx	2
2	Minnesota Lynx	2

7	Phoenix Mercury	0
			2	Minnesota Lynx	3

			3	Connecticut Sun	2
3	Connecticut Sun	2

6	Indiana Fever	0

2024 New York Liberty season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

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Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Breanna Stewart	38	38	32.7	.458	.295	.845	8.5	3.5	1.7	1.3	1.7	2.1	20.4
Sabrina Ionescu	38	38	32.1	.394	.332	.898	4.4	6.2	1.0	0.3	2.7	1.2	18.2
Jonquel Jones	39	39	29.8	.539	.391	.788	9.0	3.2	0.8	1.3	2.4	2.9	14.2
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	28	25	30.3	.456	.402	.906	4.2	3.3	1.1	0.0	2.4	2.1	11.8
Leonie Fiebich	40	15	20.9	.478	.433	.720	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.2	6.7
Courtney Vandersloot	31	31	22.3	.445	.269	.548	2.6	4.8	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.7	6.4
Kayla Thornton	40	11	20.3	.379	.357	.846	2.6	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.4	5.5
Nyara Sabally	26	0	13.5	.575	.000	.700	4.0	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.6	4.9
Kennedy Burke	38	3	12.1	.409	.259	.667	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.4
Ivana Dojkić	26	0	9.9	.338	.381	.778	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3
Jaylyn Sherrod ^≠	10	0	3.7	.500	.333	.500	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.9
Marquesha Davis	20	0	4.0	.409	1.000	.714	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.2

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Breanna Stewart	11	11	37.4	.382	.261	.817	9.4	3.6	1.6	1.7	2.4	1.8	19.4
Sabrina Ionescu	11	11	35.5	.396	.363	.920	5.3	5.3	1.6	0.5	2.9	1.9	16.9
Jonquel Jones	11	11	32.5	.550	.448	.946	8.2	2.2	0.7	0.6	2.8	2.8	15.5
Leonie Fiebich	11	11	31.0	.542	.521	1.000	3.8	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.7	2.4	11.6
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	11	11	27.3	.369	.294	1.000	2.9	2.5	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	7.0
Courtney Vandersloot	11	0	14.3	.435	.385	.929	2.4	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	5.3
Nyara Sabally	9	0	10.1	.542	—	.875	3.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	4.4
Marquesha Davis	1	0	3.0	.500	1.000	—	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Kayla Thornton	11	0	12.5	.333	.176	1.000	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.5	2.0
Ivana Dojkić	2	0	4.0	.500	1.000	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Kennedy Burke	6	0	7.5	.182	.167	.250	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0
Jaylyn Sherrod	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0