Liberty to host the Lynx on Tuesday

Minnesota Lynx (33-11, 20-3 Western Conference) at New York Liberty (26-18, 13-7 Eastern Conference)

New York; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Lynx -2.5; over/under is 173.5

WNBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND:

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Liberty square off against the Minnesota Lynx.

The Liberty are 14-8 in home games. New York ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 8.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Jonquel Jones averaging 2.0.

The Lynx are 18-4 in road games. Minnesota has a 3-3 record in one-possession games.

New York's average of 10.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.9 more made shots on average than the 9.3 per game Minnesota allows. Minnesota has shot at a 47.7% rate from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points greater than the 44.8% shooting opponents of New York have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Sabrina Ionescu is averaging 14.6 points and 4.7 assists for the Liberty. Breanna Stewart is averaging 19.6 points over the last 10 games.

Natasha Howard is averaging 14.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals for the Lynx. Olivia Miles is averaging 14.8 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 45.1% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 6-4, averaging 86.1 points, 36.6 rebounds, 20.6 assists, 5.7 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.8 points per game.

Lynx: 5-5, averaging 83.0 points, 32.1 rebounds, 20.7 assists, 6.9 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.1 points.

INJURIES: Liberty: Satou Sabally: out for season (head).

Lynx: Anastasiia Olairi Kosu: out (foot), Emma Cechova: out for season (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.