Liberty captures WNBA title in overtime thriller over Lynx in unforgettable season

An unforgettable year of women’s basketball ended in thrilling fashion on Sunday night, as the New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx in overtime of Game 5 to win the WNBA Finals. 

This is the Liberty’s first-ever championship, an elusive one for a franchise that has been to the WNBA Finals five times since 1997, including last year when they lost to the Las Vegas Aces. 

But Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart and the rest of the stars in Brooklyn wouldn’t be denied this time, though...