NEW YORK — The Liberty are about to endure one of the toughest stretches of the season, just as the team’s most glaring shortcoming is growing into a real problem.
The Libs’ thin frontcourt was on full display in the July 12 victory over the Indiana Fever, and even more evident in Wednesday’s loss to the Dallas Wings. The absence of bigs Stefanie Dolson and Han Xu creates a thin frontline for the Liberty, who require Jonquel Jones and Nyara Sabally to shoulder the entire load for 40 minutes.
The domino effect of that is now teams are game planning to attack the paint and force Liberty bigs into foul trouble, which strips Sandy Brondello’s squad of the needed aggressiveness from forwards to win the battle down low.
