{"id":136794,"date":"2024-06-22T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globeecho.com\/ar\/sports\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-liberty-stars-overpower-sparks-to-secure-best-17-game-start-in-franchise-history\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T21:56:44","slug":"rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-liberty-stars-overpower-sparks-to-secure-best-17-game-start-in-franchise-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/sports\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-liberty-stars-overpower-sparks-to-secure-best-17-game-start-in-franchise-history\/","title":{"rendered":"rewrite this title in Arabic Liberty stars overpower Sparks to secure best 17-game start in franchise history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic <\/p>\n<p>This is the beauty of a superteam. <\/p>\n<p>This is the greatness of Breanna Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Down two starters, the Liberty have barely blinked.<\/p>\n<p>Slowed down, briefly, perhaps. <\/p>\n<p>But the Liberty train keeps chugging along with little sign of anything getting in its way.<\/p>\n<p>They played without Courtney Vandersloot and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton again, but the Liberty have just too much firepower. <\/p>\n<p>Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones were enough themselves as the Liberty (14-3) cruised past the Los Angeles Sparks, 98-88, on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n<p>The win was the 10th in the past 11 games for the Liberty \u2014 who, at 14-3, are off to the best 17-game start in franchise history \u2014 and their second consecutive without the two starters, both of which came in back-to-back home games against the Sparks.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart, Ionescu and Jones scored 28 of the Liberty\u2019s 30 points to close the second quarter, highlighted by a deep 30-foot 3-pointer by Ionescu. <\/p>\n<p>Stewart herself scored eight of 10 points during one stretch of that run.<\/p>\n<p>The Sparks had no answer for Stewart as she finished with 33 points and seven assists and shot a red-hot 12-for-19 from the field. <\/p>\n<p>She was also heavily involved on the defensive end, recording three steals and six blocks \u2014 tying a regular-season, single-game career high in rejections. <\/p>\n<p>Stewart brought the crowd to its feet and to a roar when she stuffed Stephanie Talbot on a fast break in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart recorded 24 points, five assists and five blocks in the first half alone, becoming the first player in WNBA history to record at least 20 points, five assists, and five blocks in a single half.<\/p>\n<p>Ionescu added 24 points and nine assists while Jones chipped in 14 points and 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>And the Liberty\u2019s depth goes well beyond their stars. <\/p>\n<p>Veteran Kayla Thornton, filling in for Laney-Hamilton, finished with 20 points. <\/p>\n<p>She drilled four big 3-pointers in the third quarter, first extending the Liberty\u2019s lead to 60-46 with 7:10 left in the third quarter to give them their largest lead of the game to that point after the Sparks started the second half hot.<\/p>\n<p>After Ionescu expertly found Stewart on a fast break for a 67-51 lead, another 3-pointer from Thornton gave the Liberty a 70-51 lead. <\/p>\n<p>Another trey from Thornton soon after made it 75-53 with 3:32 left in the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Thornton finished 6-for-7 from behind the arc.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty momentarily stumbled in the second quarter, finding themselves behind 31-23. <\/p>\n<p>But they subsequently rattled off an 8-0 run to tie the game at 31-31 with 7:07 left in the quarter and continued to a 21-6 run to take a 44-37 lead with 3:20 left in the quarter. <\/p>\n<p>That ballooned to 54-44 by halftime, and the Liberty didn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n<p>Leonie Fiebich, filling in again for Vandersloot, was quiet with seven points.<\/p>\n<p>Dearica Hamby paced Los Angeles with 20 points. <\/p>\n<p>The Sparks are without popular rookie and No. 2 overall pick Cameron Brink, who is out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL. <\/p>\n<p>The Sparks shot just 29.6 percent from 3-point range, compared to the Liberty\u2019s 44.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Already nearly unstoppable in recent weeks, this Liberty juggernaut is only set to get some of their best players back soon.<\/p>\n<p>Who \u2014 or what \u2014 is going to stymie them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic This is the beauty of a superteam. This is the greatness of Breanna Stewart. Down two starters, the Liberty have barely blinked. Slowed down, briefly, perhaps. But the Liberty train keeps chugging along with little sign of anything getting in its way. 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