New York Liberty, the new WNBA Championship in the history of the franchise, will open his 2025 campaigns with a home match against Las Vegas Aces, who visited 2025 in the afternoon.
This will be a war between the last two league champions. ACES won the championship in 2022 and 2023 before overturning them in the New York 2024 semifinals.
Each team has stars. For Las Vegas, an average of 26.9 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 steals, and defends A’ja Wilson, the most valuable player. WNBA’s single -season scoring and rebound records.
Wilson and his teammates Jewell Loyd, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young, Olympic Gold Medals. Loyd, six times all-star, is new for Las Vegas this season after a trade from Seattle.
Tiffany Mitchell, who also bought ACES President Nikki Fargas, “Championship -caliber players added to our squad.” He said.
Wilson and Breanna Stewart from New York are considered two of the best players in WNBA. They met to win five of the last seven MVP award.
Stewart made an average of 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists last season. All-Wnba made his first team for five years and finished the first third in the MVP vote each time.
Stewart had a small knee surgery (meniscus) in the middle of March. It was limited to the start of the training camp, but now it must be a complete movement and may continue to climb the sums of help because of its abilities around New York.
This includes Guard Sabrina Ionescu and center Jonquel Jones.
Ionescu received an average of 18.2 points, 6.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds last season. Later, there was a rehabilitation for thumb injury, a Nike Asian tour, a trip to Paris Fashion Week, and an intensive offseason with a Liberty exhibition game at the University of Oregon.
With 2021 MVP, Jones received an average of 14.2 points and 9.0 rebounds last season. At 6 meters, it may punish the paint competitors or shake 3 numbers (38.8 percent accuracy) last season.
Natasha Cloud, the newly new in Liberty, led the league in the assists in 2022, and also the first team called the whole defense.
Las Vegas added to Elizabeth Kutley and Aaliyah. The mass was actually prepared in 2024, but he missed the entire last season due to knee surgery.
On Saturday, Aslar Dana Evans (Knee), Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (pregnancy) and Megan Gustafson (leg) will be.
New York will be without Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, which will miss the season due to knee surgery.
“Our hearts were broken for Betnijah,” Liberty Gm Jonathan Kolb said. “But we’re sure it can provide a complete recovery.”
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