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- 0:05The Liberty beat the Lynx 93-81 as Brianna Stewart posts 24 points
- 0:10and 10 rebounds, This article is being read by an automated voice,
- 0:15generated by Everlet. Minneapolis, the AP. Brianna Stewart scored
- 0:21twenty four points and grabbed ten rebounds. Jonkel Jones had eighteen points
- 0:25and ten rebounds, and the New York Liberty beat the slumping Minnesota
- 0:28Lynx ninety three eighth one on Friday night in a possible first
- 0:32round playoff matchup. Stewart moved past Sue Bird and into ninth place
- 0:36on the WNBA's career scoring list with six thousand eight hundred and
- 0:40six points. She's five points behind Cappy Pundexter for eighth place. Stewart
- 0:46also had four assists and three steals. Sabrina Ionescu scored seventeen points,
- 0:50with six assists and three steals, Pauline Astier scored fourteen, and Reserve
- 0:54Marine Johannes thirteen. Olivia Miles scored twenty points to lead Minnesota, losers
- 1:00of three straight. Kayla McBride scored sixteen, Nafiza Collier fourteen, Courtney Williams
- 1:05twelve, and Natasha Williams eleven. Miles converted a three point play for
- 1:10a sixth.
- 1:10Nine sixty seven Lynx lead with eight eighteen left. Stewart responded with
- 1:15a three pointer on New York's following possession, and the Liberty never
- 1:19trailed again. New York outscored the Lynx twenty three twelve the rest
- 1:23of the way. Despite the loss, Minnesota retained the WNBA's top seat
- 1:28while the Liberty moved up to sixth. New York, twenty five sixteen,
- 1:32has won eight of its last eleven. The Lynx, thirty one ten,
- 1:36have dropped three straight for the first time this season. See the
- 1:39AP's full WNBA coverage here.