New York Liberty Win First WNBA Championship in Franchise History

New York Liberty Win First WNBA Championship in Franchise Historical past

Tonight, the New York Liberty gained the 2024 WNBA Championship after defeating the Minnesota Lynx, 67-62. The New York Liberty are an authentic franchise of the WNBA and this win marks their first-ever WNBA Championship in 28 seasons and New York Metropolis’s first skilled basketball championship since 1973.

Led by an 17-point efficiency from 2024 WNBA Finals MVP Jonquel Jones, the Liberty secured its third win of the collection to clinch the title. The 2024 common season was a record-breaking 12 months for the New York Liberty, clinching the No. general 1 seed within the WNBA Playoffs for a second time in franchise historical past, tying a franchise-best end of 32-8, and turning into the primary workforce in WNBA historical past with back-to-back 30+ win seasons.

“After 28 years, we are able to lastly say it: the New York Liberty are WNBA champions,” mentioned Jonathan Kolb, Basic Supervisor, New York Liberty. “This achievement belongs to our followers who by no means wavered, each Liberty legend who paved the way in which, Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai who breathed new life into a corporation in want, and all the metropolis of New York that has been ravenous for a championship—and naturally, our gamers, whose grit, sacrifice, and willpower have made historical past. They’re really the primary to do it in New York and I couldn’t be extra pleased with this complete group.”

“This second means every thing – not solely to the Liberty group, however to our followers and all of New York Metropolis,” mentioned Keia Clarke, CEO, New York Liberty. “The Liberty have been chasing this dream since 1997 and after a strategic five-year turnaround, pushed by possession’s imaginative and prescient of rebuilding and regrowing this historic workforce, we’re proud to get again to first and win this championship for New York. We’d not be right here with out our followers whose ardour has helped energize this workforce all season lengthy. We take nice pleasure in what we’ve constructed with our followers – one thing particular that extends far past the basketball courtroom – and this second is simply as a lot for them as it’s for us.”

The New York Liberty will host 2024 championship celebrations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with extra particulars introduced on Monday, October 21. Followers can join at www.liberty.wnba.com/2024Champions to obtain further data when it’s accessible.

Championship merchandise will probably be on-sale on-line at www.nylibertystore.com and on the workforce’s retailer at Barclays Heart, Brooklyn Fanatics, till midnight tonight, with stock up to date every day. Brooklyn Fanatics may even be open for prolonged hours all through the week (Monday, Oct. 21 – Wednesday, Oct. 23: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.).