The Liberty fumbled a small halftime lead and experienced a disastrous second-half collapse as the Storm ran away with a 79-70 win. The Liberty put up little resistance in the second half — that was until the final 2:35, when Sandy Brondello cleared the bench with New York down 17.

The Storm outscored the Liberty 22-6 in the third quarter. The Liberty shot 2-for-18 (11.1%) and 0-for-6 from three in the quarter after making 48.5% of its shots and 8 of 13 threes in the first half.

The New York Liberty endured a stifling second half from the Seattle Storm despite a thrilling first half from Sabrina Ionescu.