FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Seattle Storm
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 24 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 88 |
| SEA | 28 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 99 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Seattle Storm finished ahead of New York Liberty, 99-88, a 11-point margin. The first-half totals were 40 for New York Liberty and 48 for Seattle Storm; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 48 and 51. The combined final of 187 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 24-SEA 28, 24-28 cumulative; 2Q: NY 16-SEA 20, 40-48 cumulative; 3Q: NY 20-SEA 24, 60-72 cumulative; 4Q: NY 28-SEA 27, 88-99 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 28 points, while Seattle Storm's high was 28; the final separation was 11 points.
The first-half margin was 8 points, compared with 3 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 45% from the field, 28% from three and 70% at the line; Seattle Storm posted 52%, 32% and 80%. Rebounds finished 28-39, assists 21-18 and turnovers 13-15. The same team box reports a 42-54 split in paint points and 7-13 in offensive rebounds.
Jonquel Jones led New York Liberty with 26 points. Jonquel Jones supplied a team-high 8 rebounds, while Sabrina Ionescu led with 5 assists. For Seattle Storm, the corresponding leaders were Flau'jae Johnson with 28 points, Dominique Malonga with 10 rebounds and Jade Melbourne with 7 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from NY and 9 from SEA. 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. Seattle Storm are 6-25, No. 15 overall and No. 8 in the West, 18.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and -168.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 12-7 across 19 games and Seattle Storm at 4-15 across 19. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 2-3 and 1-4. Scoring in those short windows was 451-454 for the away team and 443-463 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 Seattle Storm 1; aggregate scoring was 88-99. The teams are separated by 7 places in the overall order and by 11 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 | SEA |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 45 | 52 |
| 3P% | 28 | 32 |
| FT% | 70 | 80 |
| Rebounds | 28 | 39 |
| Assists | 21 | 18 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 15 |
| Paint points | 42 | 54 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonie Fiebich * | 31 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6-12 | -5 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 30 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 10-17 | -8 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 29 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5-12 | -14 |
| Pauline Astier * | 25 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1-5 | 4 |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton * | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1-5 | -11 |
| Marine Johannes | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2-7 | -5 |
| Raquel Carrera | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3-4 | -2 |
| Han Xu | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4-7 | -7 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0-2 | -7 |
| Breanna Stewart | REST | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Satou Sabally | CONCUSSION PROTOCOL | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Anneli Maley | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Rebecca Allen | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Seattle Storm
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Malonga * | 34 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 9-12 | 7 |
| Awa Fam * | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6-9 | 16 |
| Natisha Hiedeman * | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5-12 | 12 |
| Flau'jae Johnson * | 33 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 11-23 | 13 |
| Jade Melbourne * | 25 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 6-11 | 15 |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | -2 |
| Stefanie Dolson | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | -1 |
| Zia Cooke | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1-6 | -4 |
| Taylor Thierry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Ezi Magbegor | RIGHT FOOT | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Jordan Horston | RIGHT FOOT | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Mackenzie Holmes | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |