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CHARLOTTE (AP) -- Tari Phillips and Vickie Johnson scored 15
points apiece Friday night as the New York Liberty beat the
Charlotte Sting 66-56.
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New York (16-10) boasts the best mark in the Eastern Conference
and earned its ninth win in 10 games. The Liberty hold a 1
1/2-game lead over second-place Cleveland for the top spot with
four games remaining.
Phillips grabbed 11 rebounds, and Johnson had 10 for a
double-double. Tamika Whitmore had 13 points for New York.
Charlotte Smith led the Sting (7-19) with a career-high 17
points. Andrea Stinson was held to 13 points on 6-of-15 shooting.
New York's starting frontcourt outscored Charlotte's 43-9 and
outrebounded them 22-7.
Neither team led by more than four points in the first half
until a barrage of 3-pointers by Smith and Stinson helped the Sting
to its largest lead of the game at 28-20.
New York came storming back to score the final seven points of
the half and cut the Sting's lead to 28-27 at halftime.
Led by Whitmore and Phillips, the Liberty then scored 11 of the
first 15 points in the second half to open a 38-32 advantage.
Charlotte cut the lead to 57-54 with 2:35 remaining, but New
York hit nine consecutive free throws down the stretch, including
four by Phillips.
The Liberty finished 22-for-26 from the line.
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Cleveland 80
Detroit 60
New York 66
Charlotte 56
Minnesota 68
Miami 44
Indiana 73
Portland 58
Phoenix 65
Seattle 55
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