New York Liberty's Inconsistency: Rare Flashes of Competence Amid Championship Aspirations
By
Maitreyi Anantharaman
3d ago· 5 min readenInsight
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Summary
The New York Liberty, despite being considered championship contenders, have been inconsistent in their play. Their 84-74 win over the Phoenix Mercury showed that when the team clicks, they perform well, but they rarely sustain that level of play. The article suggests that fan booing may have served as a motivator to flip the team's "switch" during the game.
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Those flashes of competence suggest there's a switch that can be flipped for these nominal championship contenders.
If we learned anything from their 84-74 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday, it's that booing can flip the switch.
The most maddening moments the New York Liberty have to offer are not the bad ones—not the turnovers, the biffed layups, the “just vibes” possessions on offense—but the moments here and there when things click and the whole team starts to play well. Those
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