When the New York Liberty made their pre-game entrance beneath the Barclays Center ahead of the opening game of their WNBA semi-final series against the Las Vegas Aces last month, there was more spirit and swagger on display than at any New York Fashion Week event. Star point guard Sabrina Ionescu was giving quiet luxury in a sage turtleneck and camel-colored blazer. Breanna Stewart, the two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player, called to mind Charli xcx with her black sunglasses and bodacious mane spilling out of a New York or Nowhere baseball hat. But none of them commanded the makeshift catwalk quite like the 5ft 10in long-lashed elephant rocking a zebra-print coat, serving and vamping for her adoring fans with saucy hip-pops and jaunty swings of an umbrella dangling from her wrist.
Schedule
Best-of-five series. All times Eastern.
Thu 10 Oct Game 1: Minnesota 95, New York 93 (OT)
Sun 13 Oct Game 2: New York 80, Minnesota 66
Wed 16 Oct Game 3: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN
Fri 18 Oct Game 4: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN
Sun 20 Oct Game 5: Minnesota at New York, 8pm, ESPN*
*–if necessary
