ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tina Charles had 18 points and 18 rebounds to help New York clinch the third seed in the playoffs with an 82-81 win over the Dallas Wings on Sunday and extend the Liberty's winning streak to 10 games.
The Liberty (22-12) matched the franchise record for longest winning streak and have a first-round bye. The seventh-seeded Wings (16-18) play at No. 6 Washington in a one-game playoff on Wednesday.

Trailing 82-79 after a Charles putback with 22.1 seconds to play, the Wings missed, but forced a turnover and Aerial Powers scored on a putback with 3.7 seconds left. When the Liberty inbounded the ball in the frontcourt after a timeout, they had a backcourt violation, giving Dallas one last shot. Skylar Diggins-Smith's attempt from the 3-point line bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
There were 12 ties and 10 lead changes in the game.
Epiphanny Prince led New York with 20 points.
Glory Johnson led the Wings with 17 points, Diggins-Smith had 16 and Powers 14.

Liberty
82
Wings
81

Game 2

Final

Liberty
102
Wings
93

Game 1

Final

Wings
89
Liberty
93

2016-2017 Eastern Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	22	12	.647	0	W10
Connecticut	21	13	.618	1	L2
Washington	18	16	.529	4	L1
Chicago	12	22	.353	10	L4
Atlanta	12	22	.353	10	L2
Indiana	9	25	.265	13	L8

2016-2017 Western Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	27	7	.794	0	W3
Los Angeles	26	8	.765	1	W7
Phoenix	18	16	.529	9	W3
Dallas	16	18	.471	11	L1
Seattle	15	19	.441	12	W1
San Antonio	8	26	.235	19	W1

Monday, September 4, 2017

Charles has 18 and 18, Liberty holds off Wings 82-81

2016-2017 Eastern Standings

2016-2017 Western Standings

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Starters	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
K. VaughnC	15	4-8	0-0	3-3	3	3	6	1	1	0	1	2	+12	11
T. CharlesC	31	8-21	0-2	2-2	6	12	18	3	1	0	2	5	+7	18
S. ZellousG	25	5-11	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	5	+20	12
E. PrinceG	31	7-14	0-1	6-6	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	+8	20
B. HartleyG	29	4-9	2-4	3-4	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	+13	13
Bench	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
R. AllenF	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-13	0
N. Raincock-EkunweF	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	-6	4
K. StokesC	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	4	7	2	1	2	0	4	-7	2
A. Zahui B.C	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-4	2
L. AllenG	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	-14	0
S. RodgersG	15	0-7	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	-11	0
B. BoydG	DNP-COACH'S DECISION
TEAM		32-77	2-12	16-17	17	26	43	14	7	4	13	27		82
		41.6%	16.7%	94.1%

Starters	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
G. JohnsonF	28	7-13	0-3	3-5	2	6	8	1	0	0	3	4	-10	17
T. PlaisanceF	20	4-7	0-2	2-3	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	-8	10
K. Christmas-KellyG	28	0-2	0-0	3-4	3	2	5	2	1	1	2	2	-6	3
S. Diggins-SmithG	35	3-11	1-3	9-10	0	3	3	4	2	0	1	2	-3	16
A. GrayG	20	4-11	1-2	0-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	-12	9
Bench	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
K. ThorntonF	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	+0	0
A. PowersF	20	5-13	0-1	4-5	3	1	4	1	1	0	2	1	+11	14
C. ParisC	16	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	4	5	4	0	1	1	2	+16	4
B. LewisC	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+0	0
S. ChongG	6	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	3
K. DavisG	12	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	+5	5
E. AkhatorF	DNP-COACH'S DECISION
TEAM		27-65	4-15	23-30	11	22	33	18	5	2	14	16		81
		41.5%	26.7%	76.7%