The Sun live another day as the Liberty fell short in their comeback 73-70.

Unlike game one, it was the Sun who started out strong. The Sun benefitted from a roster change that had Svetlana Abrosimova in the starting line up, a more aggressive Lindsay Whalen and a more up tempo offense.

They led by as many as 15, until the Liberty connected on five 3 pointers to cut the deficit to 71-70. "I guess we didn't like prosperity," Mike Thibault said. "It was a heck of a win. But it ended up being a lot tougher than it had to be."

“It’s a win. In the playoffs, it don’t matter,” Barbara Turner said. “But we made this game a lot more difficult than it should have been. We had it at a point where we really could have opened the game up and won by 15 or 20 points. But New York is relentless and they have players who can step up and make big shots. And they did it, but more importantly, we got the loose balls and did the little things we needed to do to win.”

"We did everything we had to do,” said Loree Moore. “We put ourselves in a position twice to turn it around, tie the game and go ahead.” The Liberty hope this is not a repeat of last season against the Shock. "I guarantee Monday night we will be a different team," Pat Coyle said.

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