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05/24 16:48 CDT Azzi Fudd's third-quarter surge powers the Wings past the
Liberty in Sabrina Ionescu's debut
Azzi Fudd's third-quarter surge powers the Wings past the Liberty in Sabrina
Ionescu's debut
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Paige Bueckers scored 24 points and Azzi Fudd added 17 of her
season-high 24 in the third quarter to lift the Dallas Wings to a 91-76 win
over the New York Liberty on Sunday, spoiling the season-debut of Sabrina
Ionescu.
Fudd, the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft in April, took over in the third quarter
with her team trailing by one at the start of the half. She missed her first
3-pointer of the period, but then made her next five --- including banking one
in that gave Dallas a 66-53 lead with 3:15 left in the period.
Dallas made seven 3-pointers in the quarter to go up 71-61 heading to the final
10 minutes.
New York couldn't make any headway in the fourth quarter as Bueckers and Arike
Ogunbowale answered any Liberty challenge. Ogunbowale finished with 19 points
for Dallas (4-3).
Ionescu missed New York's first five games after suffering a foot injury in a
preseason game against Connecticut. She finished with 11 points, seven assists
and five rebounds. Her last points came with 5:11 left in the first half,
hitting a deep 3-pointer.
The Liberty's star guard got going quickly against Dallas, scoring four quick
points. She also assisted a couple of times to her former Oregon teammate Satou
Sabally.
Sabally was playing in her second game for New York after working her way back
from a concussion she suffered in the WNBA Finals last season when she was
playing for Phoenix. She finished with 20 points to lead New York (3-3).
But after the early burst, the Liberty had no answer for the trio of Wings'
guards.
While Ionescu was back, New York is still missing Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, who
is out for personal reasons.
Up next Wings: Host Las Vegas on Thursday. Liberty: Host Portland in the second game of a back-to-back on Monday. ___ AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball
Up next Wings: Host Las Vegas on Thursday. Liberty: Host Portland in the second game of a back-to-back on Monday. ___ AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball
