Seattle Storm (20-13, 8-6 Western Conference) at New York Liberty (27-6, 15-3 Eastern Conference)
new York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
CONCLUSION: New York Liberty hosts Seattle Storm after Breanna Stewart scored 32 points in the New York Liberty’s 98-85 win over the Seattle Storm.
The Liberty are 14-2 at home. New York is second in the Eastern Conference in rebounding, averaging 36.6 rebounds. Jonquel Jones leads Liberty with 9.4 rebounds.
The Storm are 8-8 on the road. Seattle is third in the Western Conference with 20.4 assists per game, led by Skylar Diggins-Smith with an average of 6.4.
New York is averaging 85.9 points per game, 7.1 more than Seattle’s 78.8. Seattle is averaging 5.8 three-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer than New York’s 6.8.
The two teams are meeting for the third time this season. Liberty won 98-85 in the last meeting on Aug. 31. Stewart led Liberty with 32 points, and Diggins-Smith led the Storm with 26 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Stewart is shooting 45.9 percent and averaging 20.5 points for the Liberty.
Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 17.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the Storm.
LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 8-2, averaging 85.2 points, 38.8 rebounds, 22.0 assists, 8.1 steals and 4.1 blocks per game, while shooting 44.0% from the field. Their opponents are averaging 74.2 points per game.
Storm: 5-5, averaging 80.8 points, 31.6 rebounds, 19.4 assists, 9.4 steals and 5.1 blocks per game on a 42.4% shooting percentage. Their opponents are averaging 81.5 points.
INJURIES: Freedom: None listed.
Storm: MacKenzie Holmes: absent for the season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Skrive Data and the data of Sports radar.
