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Kia Nurse and Han Xu each tallied 19 points in their Brooklyn debuts. Their second-half emergence led to an 87-71 victory for New York in their Barclays Center debut. The victim was China’s national squad, the 19-year-old Han’s former comrades. Thursday night was anything but an exhibition for the New York Liberty. Sure, the ensuing victory won’t count toward the WNBA standings. From a personal standpoint, though, it’s the sweetest victory in quite some time.
“I like our team,” said second-year head coach Katie Smith. “I thought everybody was aggressive and that, at the end of the day is what we need.” Despite trailing 42-36 at the half, New York rallied back to score 25 points in the third quarter over China’s 13. Brittany Boyd also led the team with four assists during her 21 minutes. New York’s 2019 first round pick (2nd overall), Asia Durr added 6 points and 3 rebounds in her professional debut. The Liberty’s second round pick (14th overall), Han Xu made a statement during her first WNBA scoring 19 points, shooting 54.5% from the field and leading the team with more than 21 minutes played.
Things are definitely looking up for the Liberty after new team owner Joseph Tsai the Taiwan-born billionaire who is also the minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets purchased the team. Stability has returned to that franchise.
Han Xu The Liberty's new post player, she's 6'9, and has experience playing with the Chinese National Team.
Finally, some long awaited help for Tina Charles.
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We get our first look at the Lynx and Napheesa Collier tonight as they host the Washington Mystics at 8pm at the Target Center in their only preseason game this year.
WNBA transactions through May 8
“I like our team,” said second-year head coach Katie Smith. “I thought everybody was aggressive and that, at the end of the day is what we need.” Despite trailing 42-36 at the half, New York rallied back to score 25 points in the third quarter over China’s 13. Brittany Boyd also led the team with four assists during her 21 minutes. New York’s 2019 first round pick (2nd overall), Asia Durr added 6 points and 3 rebounds in her professional debut. The Liberty’s second round pick (14th overall), Han Xu made a statement during her first WNBA scoring 19 points, shooting 54.5% from the field and leading the team with more than 21 minutes played.
Things are definitely looking up for the Liberty after new team owner Joseph Tsai the Taiwan-born billionaire who is also the minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets purchased the team. Stability has returned to that franchise.
Han Xu The Liberty's new post player, she's 6'9, and has experience playing with the Chinese National Team.
Finally, some long awaited help for Tina Charles.
[Article]
[Box score]
We get our first look at the Lynx and Napheesa Collier tonight as they host the Washington Mystics at 8pm at the Target Center in their only preseason game this year.
WNBA transactions through May 8
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