FINAL · GAME DETAIL
New York Liberty
vs Dallas Wings
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
Schedule note: Makeup from July 16
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 25 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 99 |
| DAL | 22 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 98 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
New York Liberty finished ahead of Dallas Wings, 99-98, a 1-point margin. The first-half totals were 50 for New York Liberty and 47 for Dallas Wings; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 33 and 36. The combined final of 197 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 5 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: NY 25-DAL 22, 25-22 cumulative; 2Q: NY 25-DAL 25, 50-47 cumulative; 3Q: NY 9-DAL 21, 59-68 cumulative; 4Q: NY 24-DAL 15, 83-83 cumulative; OT: NY 16-DAL 15, 99-98 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 25 points, while Dallas Wings's high was 25; the final separation was 1 points.
The first-half margin was 3 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 42% from the field, 28% from three and 87% at the line; Dallas Wings posted 47%, 52% and 79%. Rebounds finished 48-34, assists 17-27 and turnovers 6-7. The same team box reports a 44-32 split in paint points and 17-7 in offensive rebounds.
Breanna Stewart led New York Liberty with 33 points. Breanna Stewart supplied a team-high 13 rebounds, while Breanna Stewart led with 8 assists. For Dallas Wings, the corresponding leaders were Arike Ogunbowale with 29 points, Jessica Shepard with 16 rebounds and Sug Sutton with 7 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from NY and 10 from DAL. 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. Dallas Wings are 18-11, No. 6 overall and No. 4 in the West, 5.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are +64 and +102.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, New York Liberty stood at 14-12 across 26 games and Dallas Wings at 17-9 across 26. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 1-4 and 4-1. Scoring in those short windows was 440-477 for the away team and 480-444 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 3 completed meetings in the same season, New York Liberty recorded 1 wins and Dallas Wings 2; aggregate scoring was 252-277. The teams are separated by 2 places in the overall order and by 1 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 | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 42 | 47 |
| 3P% | 28 | 52 |
| FT% | 87 | 79 |
| Rebounds | 48 | 34 |
| Assists | 17 | 27 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 7 |
| Paint points | 44 | 32 |
New York Liberty
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breanna Stewart * | 42 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 10-19 | 5 |
| Sabrina Ionescu * | 36 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 8-25 | 7 |
| Jonquel Jones * | 33 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6-13 | -4 |
| Rebecca Allen * | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2-7 | 0 |
| Pauline Astier * | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3-10 | -7 |
| Marine Fauthoux | 27 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2-5 | 7 |
| Rebekah Gardner | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3-3 | -4 |
| Han Xu | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Raquel Carrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Anneli Maley | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Dallas Wings
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azzi Fudd * | 43 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6-13 | 1 |
| Jessica Shepard * | 38 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4-7 | -5 |
| Arike Ogunbowale * | 38 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 9-24 | -5 |
| Awak Kuier * | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5-8 | -3 |
| Odyssey Sims * | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 4 |
| Sug Sutton | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1-5 | -7 |
| Li Yueru | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 4 |
| Maddy Siegrist | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5-7 | 2 |
| Aziaha James | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 2 |
| Alysha Clark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 2 |
| Haley Jones | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Costanza Verona | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |