VIDEO: Takeaways from the New York Liberty’s two preseason games

Mainly focused on the offensive changes for the New York Liberty, here is a video explaining everything you need to know following a pair of preseason games for the defending WNBA champions.

The New York Liberty ended their preseason with a victory lap of sorts.

Following a lackluster loss to the Connecticut Sun, they played the Toyota Antelopes of the Woman’s Japan Basketball League. They did so in Eugene, Oregon, the alma mater of Nyara Sabally and the greatest player UO basketball history, Sabrina Ionescu.

After a storied career with every accolade but a National Championship falling under her belt, she described the experience as “closure,” given that she hadn’t gotten to say a proper goodbye to the Duck fanbase with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out the end of her final season.

Though she couldn’t play in one final March Madness, she does now have a day named after her in the town of Eugene…

As for the Liberty, they won the contest against the ‘Lopes, 84-61, though the Japanese team could not miss from deep in the first half, taking advantage of more porous seafoam defense, and kept the game close.

Still, the main takeaways from the below video are from the Liberty’s offense, which hasn’t been overhauled this training camp. but at the least, significantly changed. Here is everything I took away from the New York Liberty’s two preseason games, as they get ready to make a title defense. Enjoy…