the New York Liberty notched their fifth consecutive win after trouncing the hapless Dallas Wings 9967 on September 12th it was a balanced attack for the Liberty who had eight players with at least seven points Sabrina enescu led the way with 20 markers on top of five rebounds and six assists the Sandy brondello coached Squad improved its League best record to 31-6 heading into the much awaited game against the Minnesota links on Sunday the links who are riding on a 4 game winning streak have the second best record at 27 to9 ionescu admitted that the faceoff will be a litmus test for the Liberty especially since they were already beaten twice by the links this season it's going to be a statement game the All-Star guard said in a video posted by the Liberty on X it's the two top teams playing each other and we have to come out and play our best basketball and do that for 40 minutes the links the Liberty convincingly in their first meeting 8467 in May 2024 their second Rendevous a month later was closer with Minnesota eeking out a 94 89 win ionescu also acknowledged that the game could be a finals preview as the liberty and the links have maintained their top spots throughout the season we got to make sure we put our best foot forward the 26-year-old playmaker added I feel like we've been playing our best basketball as of late in terms of just finding ways to win whether it's pretty or ugly the Liberty have been getting huge contributions across the board in their latest surge with ionescu Brianna Stewart and jonquel Jones leading the charge the links meanwhile are being spearheaded by the trio of nefisa Collier Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams