{"id":10834,"date":"2024-10-13T18:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10834"},"modified":"2024-10-13T18:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:54:37","slug":"breaking-sheryl-swoopes-advises-new-york-liberty-not-to-act-like-caitlin-clark-in-game-2-vs-minnesota-lynx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10834","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sheryl Swoopes advises New York Liberty not to act like Caitlin Clark in Game 2 vs. Minnesota Lynx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty trail the Lynx in the WNBA Finals after losing Game 1 in overtime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/phantom-marca.unidadeditorial.es\/52e2f1e0bdf848eefcfb3fa2fcd303c1\/crop\/0x0\/2044x1363\/resize\/1320\/f\/jpg\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2024\/10\/12\/17287454530587.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier, center, attempts to score against...\" width=\"1980px\" height=\"1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Lynx\u2019s Napheesa Collier, center, attempts to score against New York Liberty\u2019s Leonie Fiebich, left, and Breanna Stewart, rightPamela SmithAP<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">The three-time\u00a0WNBA MVP,\u00a0Sheryl Swoopes, has warned the\u00a0New York Liberty\u00a0players not to be selfish against the\u00a0Minnesota Lynx\u00a0as the side aims to recover in the WNBA Finals after\u00a0losing Game 1 in overtime.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">The Lynx ran out slender 95-93 winners in the series following a strong performance by\u00a0Bridget Carleton and Napheesa Collins, who combined for 44 points to put the Minneapolis-based side in the driving seat so far.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Yet the Liberty, who finished at the summit of the Eastern Conference in the regular season and defeated the defending champions to reach the WNBA Finals, are not pushovers and will likely respond, which is where\u00a0Swoopes\u00a0warned them to stay focused.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjA5NTY4MDQ4NzgzMzA0MzQy\/swoopes.jpg\" alt=\"Sheryl Swoopes Explains Real Reason She Was Absent from Caitlin Clark Broadcast vs. Wings - Athlon Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">\u201cIf and when New York gets a lead,\u201d\u00a0Swoopes\u00a0told the Queens of the Court podcast. \u201cStop just jacking up threes because you have a nice lead.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">\u201cMove the basketball and force Minnesota to have to defend several actions. Make them have to defend from side to side.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">\u201cYou gotta move the basketball. You can\u2019t get selfish and say, well, \u2018It\u2019s my turn,\u2019 and just start jacking up threes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1844581000933700005&amp;lang=es&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marca.com%2Fen%2Fbasketball%2Fwnba%2Fnew-york-liberty%2F2024%2F10%2F12%2F670a8f6de2704e208f8b45ad.html&amp;sessionId=26ce2c6875da6d44fe10d02fcb828b5703f72e5d&amp;siteScreenName=MarcainEnglish&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1844581000933700005\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When is Game 2?<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">The\u00a0Liberty\u00a0boast a lot of talented players such as\u00a0Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones, with Swoopes thinking the latter should be played closer to the basket after she posted 24 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in the slender loss.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Jones\u00a0also leads the team in rebounds throughout the postseason, with an average of 8.9 from the forward role, whilst Ionescu tops the points (20.4), assists (4.9) and steals (1.9) charts showcasing why she was named to Team USA\u2019s Olympics team over the summer.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Fans can catch Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday, October 13 live from the Barclays Center via ABC. Tip-off is expected at 15:00 ET\/12:00 PT and tickets can still be purchased from as low as $80.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Liberty trail the Lynx in the WNBA Finals after losing Game 1 in overtime. Minnesota Lynx\u2019s Napheesa Collier, center, attempts to score against New York Liberty\u2019s Leonie &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10836,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834\/revisions\/10836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}