{"id":3629,"date":"2026-05-26T04:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/fire-stun-struggling-liberty-with-fourth-quarter-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:02:37","slug":"fire-stun-struggling-liberty-with-fourth-quarter-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/fire-stun-struggling-liberty-with-fourth-quarter-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire stun struggling Liberty with fourth-quarter comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trailing by five points, Portland went on a 12-0 run late in the fourth quarter to stun the host New York Liberty 81-74 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/knicks-finish-sweep-of-cavs-make-first-nba-finals-since-1999\/\">Knicks finish sweep of Cavs, make first NBA Finals since 1999<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Fire, who feature balanced scoring, were led by Carla Leite, who had 18 points. Megan Gustafson added 11 points, and Bridget Carleton and Teja Oblak added 10 points each.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>New York&#8217;s Breanna Stewart had a game-high 25 points to go with seven rebounds. Marine Johannes added 17 points and a game-high six assists. And Jonquel Jones added 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It was the third straight loss for the Liberty, who won the WNBA championship in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Portland, an expansion team, won consecutive games for the first time. The Fire also won their season series with New York, 2-1.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Liberty played without four-time All-Star Sabrina Ionescu, who was rested. 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Both teams shot 40.0 percent in the period.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Neither team got hot in the second quarter as Portland increased its lead slightly &#8212; to 35-33 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Portland missed its first three shots of the second half, allowing New York to surge ahead 39-35. By the end of the third quarter, New York grabbed a 57-49 lead thanks in large part to 10 points from Stewart.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the fourth quarter, it was Portland&#8217;s turn to get back on top as Sarah Ashlee Barker made a 3-pointer to give the Fire a 67-65 lead with 3:36 remaining. That was part of Portland&#8217;s aforementioned 12-0 run.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>New York still had a chance, trailing 74-71 with 29 seconds left. However, Leite responded with a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left, and that was too much for the Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/breaking-springs-fire-reported-in-san-diego-county-on-may-25\/\">Breaking: Springs Fire reported in San Diego County on May 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 Field Level Media. All Rights Reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 25, 2026 at 7:43 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trailing by five points, Portland went on a 12-0 run late in the fourth quarter to stun the host New York Liberty 81-74 on Monday night.The Fire, who feature balanced scoring, were led by Carla Leite, who had 18 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fire stun struggling Liberty with fourth-quarter comeback - 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