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Prior to this year, the New York Liberty had missed the playoffs 3 consecutive seasons. Shit, last year the team won 2 games. 2. So after finally sneaking back into the postseason, little did they know that Sophie Cunningham would take that personally.
Sophie Cunningham buries a three and gets a tech for talking s*** pic.twitter.com/EYpdXMYJ8S
— Internet #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) September 24, 2021
Calling a technical foul for trash talking is the lamest move a ref can make on a basketball court but at the same time, do you know what wild shit you have to be barking at someone to make a referee pull their whistle out?
In 22 minutes off the bench, Cunningham scored 21 points on 6-for-7 3-point shooting. All of which mattered as the Mercury narrowly won 83-82 over the Liberty to advance to the next round of the 2021 WNBA playoffs.
This game shouldn’t have even been this close. Love the Liberty. But they’re literally the worst playoff team in WNBA history with a .375 win percentage on the year. Phoenix has Britney Griner, Diana Taurasi and Skylar Diggins.
But Sophie Cunningham woke up that morning and decided she was the baddest motherfucker on the planet and shouted it at the Liberty all game long.
Sabrina Ionescu was supposed to be the Prince That Was Promised but 1-for-7 shooting from 3 isn’t going to cut it in your playoff debut. Especially when the other team has a rottweiler from Missouri ready for the moment.
But Cunningham is hitting free agency when the playoffs end after averaging only 6 points a game in the regular season. This performance might just get homegirl a bag. If she continues barking at her opponents then she deserves all the money in the world.
Sports are more fun when players are assholes.
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