A 17,732-person sellout Barclays Center crowd was registered silent Thursday night as the New York Liberty trailed the Minnesota Lynx by one point in the final moments of Game 1 in the WNBA Finals. Necks craned to make out the jumbotron where a freeze-frame of the game’s final 0.8 seconds was plastered. After huddling for a video review, the game officials ruled Napheesa Collier had fouled Breanna Stewart on the game’s final play, sending Stewart to the line. She made her first shot from the charity stripe, but missed the second, pushing the contest into overtime at 84–84.
From there, Minnesota charged to a 95–93 victory, stealing Game 1 from New York on its home floor in one of the biggest comebacks in WNBA Finals history. It was a stunning turn of events in a contest where the Liberty led most of the way—at one point by as many as 18 points.
