FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Portland Fire
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 27 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 96 |
| POR | 21 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 98 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Portland Fire finished ahead of New York Liberty, 98-96, a 2-point margin. The first-half totals were 54 for New York Liberty and 47 for Portland Fire; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 42 and 51. The combined final of 194 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 27-POR 21, 27-21 cumulative; 2Q: NY 27-POR 26, 54-47 cumulative; 3Q: NY 23-POR 23, 77-70 cumulative; 4Q: NY 19-POR 28, 96-98 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. New York Liberty's highest-scoring period was 27 points, while Portland Fire's high was 28; the final separation was 2 points.
The first-half margin was 7 points, compared with 9 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.
BOX SCORE READ
Team indicators and leading player lines
New York Liberty recorded 53% from the field, 46% from three and 94% at the line; Portland Fire posted 50%, 45% and 100%. Rebounds finished 31-26, assists 23-15 and turnovers 18-13. The same team box reports a 32-34 split in paint points and 8-8 in offensive rebounds.
Pauline Astier led New York Liberty with 24 points. Breanna Stewart supplied a team-high 10 rebounds, while Marine Johannes led with 4 assists. For Portland Fire, the corresponding leaders were Bridget Carleton with 26 points, Luisa Geiselsoder with 5 rebounds and Carla Leite with 6 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from NY and 10 from POR. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.
SEASON CONTEXT · 2026
Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results
In the current table, New York Liberty are 17-13, No. 8 overall and No. 4 in the East, 2.5 games behind the conference leader. Portland Fire are 11-18, No. 10 overall and No. 5 in the West, 12.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and -171.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 2-1 across 3 games and Portland Fire at 1-1 across 2. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-1 and 1-1. Scoring in those short windows was 300-266 for the away team and 181-194 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, New York Liberty recorded 0 wins and Portland Fire 1; aggregate scoring was 96-98. The teams are separated by 2 places in the overall order and by 6 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.
Team box score
| Stat | NY | POR |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 53 | 50 |
| 3P% | 46 | 45 |
| FT% | 94 | 100 |
| Rebounds | 31 | 26 |
| Assists | 23 | 15 |
| Turnovers | 18 | 13 |
| Paint points | 32 | 34 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 38 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4-12 | -2 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 34 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6-11 | -3 |
| Marine Johannes * | 33 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6-11 | -4 |
| Pauline Astier * | 30 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 10-14 | -2 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton * | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3-7 | -11 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3-4 | 11 |
| Julie Vanloo | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Han Xu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1 |
| Aubrey Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -3 |
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Carleton * | 33 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 9-16 | 12 |
| Carla Leite * | 26 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 8-14 | 14 |
| Luisa Geiselsoder * | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4-10 | 13 |
| Emily Engstler * | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | -1 |
| Nyadiew Puoch * | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-5 | 2 |
| Sarah Ashlee Barker | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2-5 | -1 |
| Megan DiLeo | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | -11 |
| Kamiah Smalls | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4-7 | -12 |
| Haley Jones | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3-4 | 8 |
| Frieda Buhner | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | -14 |
| Serah Williams | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |