Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
WNBA playoffs: No 8 Liberty spring historic upset to take down No 1 seed Lynx
New York are first No 8 seed to beat first seed Liberty ease to 2-0 series victory over Minnesota Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds and the No 8 seed New York Liberty beat the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx 87-71 in Game 2 of their WNBA playoff series on Tuesday night to advance to the semi-fin
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Both outlets frame the story as New York’s upset of Minnesota in the WNBA playoffs, and both foreground the 87-71 score and the sweep. The Guardian US emphasizes the historic angle and adds that this was the first No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 seed, while Newsweek simply calls it a “historic first-round” upset. The Guardian also uniquely mentions Jonquel Jones’s 21 points and 13 rebounds and the series-clinching context.
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