NEW YORK —
Leonie Fiebich
scored 21 points and the New York Liberty rallied from a 19-point deficit in the first half to beat the Atlanta Dream 79-72 on Sunday.
Breanna Stewart
added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Liberty (14-6).
Fiebich’s hot shooting helped rally New York from an 11-point halftime deficit. Her consecutive 3-pointers near the end of the third quarter gave the Liberty their first lead since early in the game. New York was up 60-58 early in the fourth quarter before using a 12-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game.
Kennedy Burke
had five points during the burst and
Nyara Sabally
hit a 3-pointer that made it 70-60 with 5 minutes left.
Atlanta (12-9) was able to get within four, but could get no closer.
Allisha Gray
scored 16 points to lead the Dream, who were missing All-Star
Rhyne Howard
because of a knee injury she suffered in Atlanta’s previous game against Indiana.
Brittney Griner
added 10 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double with the Dream.
New York welcomed back
Natasha Cloud
(hip) and
Isabelle Harrison
(knee) who both missed the previous game with injuries.
Naz Hillmon
played in her 128th straight game setting a new Dream record, passing
Iziane Castro Marques
’ mark of 127. Hillmon had 11 points.
The Dream went up 19 points in the first half before the Liberty got within 42-31 at the break.
Sabrina Ionescu
missed 10 of her 11 shots in the opening 20 minutes.
The Liberty kept the pressure on and were up 55-53 heading into the fourth quarter behind Fiebich.
By Doug Feinberg
