NEW YORK — Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty wouldn’t let their season end just yet.
The 6-foot-6 Jones scored 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-73 on Sunday in the WNBA Finals, forcing a fourth game in the best-of-five series.
“I was doing whatever I can to make sure this team gets the win,” Jones said.
Second-seeded New York struggled in the first two games against the top-seeded Aces in Las Vegas, but the Liberty found their shooting touch at home behind Jones, who hit four of the team’s 13 3-pointers.
“She was huge for us,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said of Jones, who came to the Liberty in a trade in the offseason. “Those 3s changed the momentum of the game a bit. The ball went in. Other games the ball wasn’t going in for us. We got back to our identity. Proud of the effort and commitment and connection we had. Now we’ve got to do it again.”