NEW YORK — Leonie Fiebich scored 21 factors and the New York Liberty rallied from a 19-point deficit within the first half to beat the Atlanta Dream 79-72 on Sunday.
Breanna Stewart added 18 factors and 10 rebounds for the Liberty (14-6).
Fiebich’s sizzling taking pictures helped rally New York from an 11-point halftime deficit. Her consecutive 3-pointers close to the top of the third quarter gave the Liberty their first lead since early within the sport. New York was up 60-58 early within the fourth quarter earlier than utilizing a 12-2 run to take its largest lead of the sport.
Kennedy Burke had 5 factors in the course of the burst and Nyara Sabally hit a 3-pointer that made it 70-60 with 5 minutes left.
Atlanta (12-9) was in a position to get inside 4, however might get no nearer.
Allisha Grey scored 16 factors to guide the Dream, who had been lacking All-Star Rhyne Howard due to a knee damage she suffered in Atlanta’s earlier sport in opposition to Indiana. Brittney Griner added 10 factors and 10 rebounds for her first double-double with the Dream.
New York welcomed again Natasha Cloud (hip) and Isabelle Harrison (knee) who each missed the earlier sport with accidents.
Naz Hillmon performed in her 128th straight sport setting a brand new Dream report, passing Iziane Castro Marques’ mark of 127. Hillmon had 11 factors.
The Dream went up 19 factors within the first half earlier than the Liberty acquired inside 42-31 on the break. Sabrina Ionescu missed 10 of her 11 photographs within the opening 20 minutes.
The Liberty stored the stress on and had been up 55-53 heading into the fourth quarter behind Fiebich.
By Doug Feinberg
