{"id":160613,"date":"2025-08-20T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160613\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:22:10","slug":"liberty-finally-get-some-time-at-free-throw-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160613\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty finally get some time at free throw line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was the elephant in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Not the one shaking her trunk and backing that thing up. <\/p>\n<p>No, the whistle the Liberty would get, back on their home floor for a rematch against the Lynx, following Saturday\u2019s combative loss in which Minnesota attempted 33 free throws to the Liberty\u2019s eight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a new game. It\u2019s like a playoff game,\u201d Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello said before <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/19\/sports\/stars-duos-double-doubles-finally-give-liberty-win-over-rival-lynx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday night\u2019s 85-75 win<\/a>, while also confirming the team had submitted footage from Saturday to the league office. \u201cI don\u2019t know, home-court advantage, maybe, tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was apparent it would be a differently officiated ballgame as Jonquel Jones headed to the line with 5:32 left in the second quarter, the Lynx having been called for their fifth foul of the frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeam is over the limit,\u201d the PA announced as the Barclays Center crowd, here for a good time, but ball-knowers from the floor to the rafters let out a roar.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty finished with 18 free-throw attempts on 16 Lynx personal fouls. <\/p>\n<p>The Lynx shot 14 free throws on 10 Liberty fouls.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46494993;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36879696\" width=\"864\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonquel-Jones-4.jpg\" alt=\"Jonquel Jones shoots a free throw during the Liberty's 85-75 win over the rival Lynx on Aug. 19, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-36879696\"  \/>Jonquel Jones shoots a free throw during the Liberty\u2019s 85-75 win over the rival Lynx on Aug. 19, 2025. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve had an empathetic take on Courtney Williams continuing to stoke the Liberty rivalry with her trash talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer feelings are real, and they should be,\u201d Reeve said. \u201cThis is personal, for her in particular. In terms of, you look at Game 5 for a lot of reasons, and for her in particular, it wasn\u2019t her best game. And she has carried that with her, and I think that\u2019s what\u2019s coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCovering the Liberty like never before\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Madeline Kenney&#8217;s Inside the Liberty, a weekly Sports+ newsletter.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Williams scored four points on 2-for-14 shooting and had five turnovers in last fall\u2019s WNBA Finals decider.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old point guard had 17 points on Tuesday night, but the Lynx were outscored by 19 points in her 32 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/sports\/sabrina-ionescus-contagious-energy-propels-liberty-to-statement-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> moved into third place on the Liberty all-time scoring list, passing Cappie Pondexter.<\/p>\n<p>Ionescu (2,986 points in 177 games) trails only Tina Charles (3,739 points) and Vickie Johnson (3,248).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the elephant in the room. 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