{"id":38370,"date":"2026-08-11T10:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38370"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:11:40","slug":"liberty-turned-season-around-after-rock-bottom-loss-to-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38370","title":{"rendered":"Liberty turned season around after rock-bottom loss to Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 About 3 \u00bd weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/18\/sports\/liberty-crushed-by-fever-after-unraveling-in-pitiful-third-quarter\/\">the Liberty got rocked by the Indiana Fever<\/a>, who were playing on the second night of a back-to-back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That 20-point loss was another disappointment amid a frustrating 2-8 stretch of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fever defense stifled the Liberty as Caitlin Clark and Co. knocked New York to rock bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since their July 18 visit to Indianapolis, the Liberty are trending in the right direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are still without Leonie Fiebich (left leg injury) and Satou Sabally (concussion protocol), but they are finding ways to win anyway. 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Stephanie White acknowledged how only 1 \u00bd games separate the fourth and eighth seeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cEvery game is important,\u201d she said. \u201c[The Liberty are] certainly playing well right now and anytime you have players that are in and out of rotation like they\u2019ve had with injury, you got to find your way a little bit first and I think they\u2019ve found their way, so we got to make sure, again, we got to be really disciplined and detailed \u2026 and be ready for a tough one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/09\/sports\/liberty-win-by-40-as-aces-rest-stars-in-potential-playoff-preview\/\">coming off a 40-point victory against the Las Vegas Aces<\/a>, during which Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones rested for the entire fourth quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Aces were without A\u2019ja Wilson, Jackie Young 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/new-york-liberty-guard-sabrina-134836723.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/new-york-liberty-guard-sabrina-134836723.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/new-york-liberty-guard-sabrina-134836723.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Sabrina Ionescu looks on during the Liberty-Fever game on July 18, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even with that in mind, Stewart believes the Liberty\u2019s dominant win showed signs her team is improving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen things get tough, we definitely have been coming together more and just continue to kind of build the confidence just in a vocal way,\u201d Stewart said after the 111-71 win. \u201c[We\u2019re] just not letting one thing dictate the next \u2026 Missed shot, whatever happens, we\u2019re still going to play defense and be in our schemes and go back down and get another opportunity to score.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ionescu has a lot of confidence in the Liberty, who are 8-8 against teams with above-.500 records. She\u2019s not so much worried about the standings but about capitalizing on New York\u2019s seven games before the World Cup break that begins at the end of the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also understanding how important the wins are,\u201d she said, \u201cand we can\u2019t let easy ones slide.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 About 3 \u00bd weeks ago, the Liberty got rocked by the Indiana Fever, who were playing on the second night of a back-to-back.\u00a0 That 20-point loss was another disappointment amid a frustrating 2-8 stretch of the season.\u00a0 The Fever defense stifled the Liberty as Caitlin Clark and Co. knocked New York to rock&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/newspress-collage-kwwqqa74u-1786418993046.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1786404634&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}