CHICAGO — The Liberty have looked the part of defending champions through the first week of action. New York beat the Aces by 14 points in its season opener Saturday before throttling the Sky by 25 points Thursday in Chicago. Saturday, though, may provide the Liberty (2-0) their toughest test yet.

The owners of the Brooklyn Nets, Joe and Clara Tsai, have built the WNBA's New York Liberty up to the franchise being valued at $450 million.

Natasha Cloud (18 points, eight assists), Sabrina Ionescu (16 points, five assists) and Breanna Steward (12 points) skewered the Sky, while Courtney Vandersloot led the way for Chicago with 14 points. Hailey Van Lith finished with four points off the bench.

The Liberty and Fever rebounded at around the same rate, averaging 36.6 and 35.1 boards per game last season, respectively. The Fever have shot at a 46.5% rate from the field this season, 11.4 percentage points above the 35.1% shooting opponents of the Liberty have averaged.

Liberty shocked the NCAA softball tournament by defeating No. 1 seed Texas A&M, but it's not satisfied heading to Oregon in the super regionals.

The Liberty hit a WNBA record 19 threes in their win against the Chicago Sky on Thursday night. The Fever are coming off of their own win on Thursday night as well. Fans looking to watch the Liberty and Fever can do so for free on Fubo, who’s offering a free trial to new subscribers.

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Liberty forward Kennedy Burke didn’t know she was breaking a WNBA record Thursday when she fired up a 3 in the fourth quarter.

The Flames knew 2025 should’ve been a season of reclaiming a regionals victory instead of continuing to seek their first one. After a 10-5 victory over Marist on May 16, Liberty matched up against Texas A&M for the first time in the tournament the following day.

Liberty softball pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA softball tournament last weekend. The unranked Flames became the first program in NCAA history to knock off the No. 1 overall seed in the regional round by winning the Bryan-College Station Regional in College Station,