The New York Liberty are at home on Monday night as they host the Portland Fire in an interconference matchup.
New York enters Monday’s game with a 3-3 record after losing at home to the Dallas Wings on Sunday afternoon.
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In Sunday’s loss to the Wings, Satou Sabally led the way for the Liberty as she recorded 20 points, two rebounds and two assists while Breanna Stewart added 14 points, 11 rebounds and three assists.
Now New York will try to bounce back on Monday night as they face off against the Fire in a tough home matchup.
On the other side, Portland enters Monday’s contest with a 3-3 record after defeating the Toronto Tempo on the road on Saturday night.
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Carla Leite led the way for the Fire in Saturday’s victory as she ended the game with 15 points, three rebounds and nine assists while Emily Engstler recorded 16 points and seven rebounds.
While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Monday night’s matchup, one side may be without multiple key players due to injuries.
Fire Injury Report
For the Fire, they enter Monday’s contest with a healthy roster as they have nobody listed on their injury report.
This is great news for Portland as it will mark the first time this season that their injury report is clean as they try to grab a key victory on the road over the Liberty.
Liberty Injury Report: Will Sabrina Ionescu, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton Play?
On the other side, the Liberty have three players listed on their injury report, including both Sabrina Ionescu and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton.
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New York has listed Ionescu as questionable due to left foot injury management and they may elect to sit her in the second game of their back-to-back after she made her season debut on Sunday against the Wings.
The Liberty have ruled out Laney-Hamilton due to personal reasons as she will miss her third consecutive contest.
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Leonie Fiebich has also been ruled out due to rest as she remains sidelined to begin the season.
Fans can catch Monday night’s matchup between the Fire and Liberty from New York at 8:00 p.m. ET on Peacock.
