The Liberty’s Game 4 loss that gave away their first chance to clinch the franchise’s maiden championship uncharacteristically broke Sandy Brondello.
The Liberty’s Game 4 loss that gave away their first chance to clinch the franchise’s maiden championship uncharacteristically broke Sandy Brondello.
The 12th-year head coach, in her third year with the Liberty, took issue with the foul differential Friday night against the Lynx, who were able to pull out an 82-80 win in the final seconds to force a winner-take-all Game 5 in New York on Sunday.
The Lynx were whistled for nine fouls; the Liberty 14.
There wasn’t a blatant foul that decided the game in the final seconds, but it was something Brondello felt she needed to bring up.
“But I will say this. I look at the thing here [box score] and [Lynx head coach] Cheryl [Reeve] talked about it last time but we got no calls today,” Brondello said sternly. “So, do I need to talk up in a press conference? Because they were getting ticky-tacks, and we went down the end and get hit and get nothing.
