Liberty hold off late Fever rally to secure key postseason-building win

Yahoo Sports·August 23, 2026 at 2:16 AM+8

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Saturday was the final meeting of the regular season between the Indiana Fever and the New York Liberty, but it came with all the pomp and circumstance of a playoff matchup: a raucous, 17,581-strong Barclays Center crowd filled to the rafters, a tight game with leads that never eclipsed 10 points and the kind of high-octane basketball one would expect from two teams with title hopes. For the Liberty, who are still working to clinch a postseason berth, Saturday’s 109-102 win was a necessary step

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Liberty hold off late Fever rally to secure key postseason-building win

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