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Mystics at Liberty preview: Washington looks to beat second seed in the East
Source: https://www.bulletsforever.com/mystics/64944/washington-mystics-new-york-liberty-wnba-game-preview
The Washington Mystics will visit the New York Liberty tomorrow evening. Here’s the preview:
Game Info
When: Thursday, August 28 at 7 p.m. ET
Where: Barclays Arena, Brooklyn, NY
How to Watch: Prime Video
Injuries
Mystics: Georgia Amoore, Jacy Sheldon (Out)
Liberty: Isabelle Harrison, Natasha Cloud, Nyara Sabally (Out)
Pregame notes
The Washington Mystics will face the New York Liberty for a Thursday evening game.
The Mystics are coming with a somewhat disappointing 3-9 record in their last dozen games, and are currently on a 4-game losing streak. It will be very tough to get a win against the Liberty, especially on the road. The Liberty are an impressive 14-5 at home in Barclays Center.
The Liberty are suffering though from several injuries, including former Mystics guard Natasha Cloud, and are only 2-5 in their last 7 games. Also, former Mystics star forward Emma Meesseman signed with New York after Women’s EuroBasket (and yes, men’s EuroBasket is going on now but I digress) — and she has played about as well as she ever has in the WNBA.
Washington is actually shooting relatively well from beyond the arc this season, at 33.8 percent (good for 5th in the WNBA). The Liberty on the other hand are at 35.5 in that category (good for 3rd in the WNBA). What the Mystics are not good at this year though is offense overall — sitting at 4th from the bottom at only 78.7 points per contest. For comparison, the Liberty are shooting 7 (!) points more per game (at 85.7 per game).
And, by the way, the final score of the game between the two teams back in June was exactly… 78—86! Like our own Kevin Broom would say, stats don’t lie!
The game will very likely be a tough one!
Here the highlights from Washington’s and New York’s game a couple months ago:
Source: https://www.bulletsforever.com/mystics/64944/washington-mystics-new-york-liberty-wnba-game-preview