2013 New York Liberty Season: The Bill Laimbeer Era begins

Hill leads the way for Washington

All things must come to an end.

Diana Taurasi's admiration of Katie Smith

Katie Smith played her last home game for the New York Liberty on Tuesday and has been widely recognized as one of the toughest competitors ever to play the game. You can count Diana Taurasi among Smith admirers.

When effort is not enough

The Phoenix Mercury edged the Liberty 80-76, ending any faint post season hope and closing the books on the New York team's three year stay at the Prudential Center.

Dual threat powers Mercury

Losing is supposed to feel *bad*, right?

N.Y.'s playoff hopes still alive after Friday loss

Even after losing another game in familiar fashion on Friday night, the New York Liberty still have hope to make the WNBA playoffs.

McCoughtry and de Souza lead Atlanta

The long slow agonizing ending continues to spiral on.

A "character building" season for the Fever

Tamika Catchings was asked to characterize the Indiana Fever's 2013 season in which they have weathered a succession of injuries resulting in a long uphill climb. Catchings' reply: "Character building".

Fever overwhelms Liberty

If you get out to a 14-0 lead, you *should* win the game.

Liberty plagued by offensive struggles

The New York Liberty face the Indiana Fever tonight looking to find their rhythm on offense after a blowout loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday.

Laimbeer frustrated after N.Y.'s blowout loss

Regardless of how you characterize it, the Liberty were plagued by mental errors, poor shot selection, and poor decisions in their blowout loss to the Lynx on Tuesday.

Whalen leads Lynx against Liberty

Holding Seimone Augustus to single digits is a winning plan, right? RIGHT?

Liberty hang tough on the road

You think the Sun might be ingratiating themselves to the fans for some reason?

Laimbeer reacts strongly to Moore playing late in 88-57 rout

N.Y. looks for road win after home loss to Mystics

The New York Liberty will try to win their third straight game on the road when they face the Minnesota Lynx today. But they still need to figure out how to win at home after losing their sixth in eight games on Friday.

Mystics get by Liberty

Washington withstood a 14-0 first half run by New York to pull out the road win 66-57. Matee Ajavon had 16 points and seven assists for the Mystics. New York was led by the 14 points of Katie Smith.

Washington Mystics defeat the New York Liberty 66-57

WNBA All-Rookie candidates: Bone improving rapidly

In this week's look at individual statistics, we return to the Rookie of the Year race where the improvement of one player might end up being a more interesting discussion than the front-runner right now.

New York still looking for consistency at home

The New York Liberty earned a hard-fought 88-82 win in Atlanta yesterday, but they're still looking for some answers at home where they've lost five of their last seven games.

Dream home winning streak ends at hands of Liberty

Atlanta's franchise-record 13 game home winning streak came to an end Sunday night with a 88-82 loss to the Liberty. Cappie Pondexter scored 33 points in the New York win.

Lavender steps up in Sparks win

Just the Facts, Ma'am: The Los Angeles Sparks continued their successful East Coast road trip with a resounding 85-67 win at the New York Liberty. Jantel Lavender led the Sparks off the bench with 18 points and eight rebounds. Kristi Toliver added 16 points; Lindsey Harding and Candace Parker had 12 each. Cappie Pondexter led New York with 22 points. For clangs, bounces, rebounds, quick passes, that jerk in the corner, milkshakes in the yard, and rookies, join your intrepid and weary blogger after the jump.

Fourth quarter marks turnaround for Liberty

For the first three quarters, it looked like just another one of those days.

What adjustments do the N.Y. Liberty have to make?

The New York Liberty are four games below .500 and a half game removed from a playoff spot, but 20 games into the season they're still searching for answers to persistent problems.

Second-half runs power Sun over Liberty

Scoring lots of points in the second half can help a team win, or it can just make your stats look real pretty.

Indiana rookie Layshia Clarendon adjusting to WNBA

Indiana Fever rookie Layshia Clarendon is starting to adjust to the WNBA after a rough start to her career.

Third quarter struggles hurting New York Liberty

The New York Liberty have lost four of their last five games, including two of their last three at home in blowout fashion. The search for answers involves turnovers, but also poor third quarters.