Liberty beat Storm again for sixth win in last seven games

Nypost · Aug 05, 2026 · 663 words · By Madeline Kenney

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The Liberty’s game Wednesday against the Seattle Storm followed a similar pattern to Monday’s win.

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What happened

The Liberty’s game Wednesday against the Seattle Storm followed a similar pattern to Monday’s win.

Why it matters

The Liberty jumped out to a strong first-quarter lead.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Liberty beat the last-place Storm by only six points.”

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Claim 2: “DeMarco inserted Rebecca Allen into the starting lineup on July 20... The Liberty have won all but one game since.”

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Claim 3: “The Liberty improved to 19-13 and remain seventh in the standings.”

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Claim 4: “the Liberty rattled off a quick 12-2 run to build a 10-point advantage.”

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No evidence provided mentions a 12-2 run or a resulting 10-point advantage for the Liberty in the context of this game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Liberty_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Liberty

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Claim 5: “The Liberty held on, beating the rebuilding Storm 92-86 on Wednesday at Barclays Center.”

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One web search result explicitly states 'Seattle fell short to the New York Liberty, 92-86, at Barclays Center on Wednesday'. No other independent source confirms this specific score.

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Claim 6: “Jonquel Jones... had 14 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists.”

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Claim 7: “Coach Chris DeMarco came in knowing that it was championship-or-bust this season.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the 2026 New York Liberty season is 'their first season under head coach Chris DeMarco'.

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Claim 8: “New York parted ways with Sandy Brondello only a year after she led the franchise to its first championship.”

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No evidence was found regarding Sandy Brondello being dismissed by the Liberty.

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Claim 9: “After a brutal 2-8 stretch, New York has now won six of its past seven games.”

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One source states 'The New York Liberty has won six of seven going into a potentially needle-moving weekend'. However, the '2-8 stretch' part of the claim is not corroborated by the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Liberty has won six of seven going into a potentially needle-moving weekend.Defensively, New York is making an MVP case for Fiebich in absentia: in her first eight games (all wins), the L…
https://ballislife.com/news/wnba/wnba-new-york-liberty-noise…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Indiana Fever host The New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse 8/11/2026#indiana #fever #nowyouknow #caitlinclark #sophiecunningham #kelseymitchell #ra...Follow along using the transcript.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVvX8zL7fTQ

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web search NEUTRAL — Since ending a four-game losing streak on July 20 with a win over the Dallas Wings, the New York Liberty have won seven of their last eight games, including four in a row.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/wnba-gameday-discussion-…

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Claim 10: “Seattle tied the game in the third quarter.”

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One source mentions the Storm outscoring New York 22-6 in a third quarter to win 79-70, but this does not match the final score of 92-86 mentioned in other claims, and no source explicitly confirms the game was tied in the third quarter of the 92-86 game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm, a professional American basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, was their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It was their t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team…
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Claim 11: “Breanna Stewart, who had a team-high 28 points to go with eight rebounds.”

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Claim 12: “Sabrina Ionescu... finish with 15 points, five rebounds and six assists.”

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The search results for 'Sabrina' returned movies from 1954 and 1995, not the basketball player's stats for the game.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sabrina is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Barbara Benedek and David Rayfiel.
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web search NEUTRAL — After two years in Paris, Sabrina returns home an attractive, sophisticated woman. When her father is delayed from picking her up at the station, flirtatious David, passing by, offers her a lift witho…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sabrina: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand. An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a care…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114319/

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Claim 13: “The Liberty jumped out to a strong first-quarter lead. This time, it was 21-6.”

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While web results mention a game between the Liberty and Storm, none of the provided evidence specifies the first-quarter score as 21-6.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Liberty season is the 30th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their first season under head coach Chris DeMarco. The team advanced to the 2026 WNBA Commission…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of organizational changes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), a women's professional basketball league in the United States that began play in 1997 with …
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Claim 14: “Seattle kept pace with the Liberty much longer than Monday, staying within four points of New York entering the fourth.”

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No evidence provided confirms the point differential entering the fourth quarter for this specific game.

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Claim 15: “The Storm fought back and trailed by only four points heading into halftime.”

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The evidence mentions halftime stats for different games (one where the Storm seemed to be clinching, another where they trailed by three), but none confirm a four-point deficit at halftime for the specific Wednesday game described.

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