New York Liberty return home struggling after disappointing road trip

NEW YORK AP The New York Liberty return home after a disappointing road trip that saw them drop three of their four games Help is on the way though as Leonie Fiebich will return from playing in the EuroBasket tournament for Germany That will give New York back one of its two missing starters Jonquel Jones is still recovering from a sprained ankle and is out for a inadequate more weeks The group has really missed the two starters as its defense has struggled lately giving up at least points in three of the four road contests including all three defeats The schedule also gets kinder to the Liberty with an eight-game homestand for the greater part of July With the All-Star break thrown in New York doesn t leave Barclays Center until a encounter at Dallas on July The Liberty will welcome Caitlin Clark and the Fever twice over that span as well as rival Las Vegas Hey now you re an All-Star The WNBA All-Star starters were stated this week led by captains Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier The pair will draft their teams next week after the reserves are revealed this weekend Both are first-time captains Clark by virtue of receiving the bulk fan votes will have the first pick in the draft Other starters included Nneka Ogwumike A ja Wilson Breanna Stewart Aliyah Boston and Satou Sabally in the front court Sabrina Ionescu Allisha Gray and rookie Paige Bueckers got the nod in the backcourt Power poll rankings Minnesota still is the No crew with Phoenix and Atlanta behind the Lynx New York Golden State and Las Vegas were next Seattle dropped three spots to seventh Indiana and Washington followed the Storm Dallas Chicago Los Angeles and Connecticut rounded out the poll Expanded footprint The WNBA broadcasted three new teams will be joining the league with Cleveland set to begin play in Detroit in and Philadelphia in That will give the league teams the largest part it s ever had since it first started play in Athlete of the week Angel Reese of Chicago averaged points rebounds and five assists to help the Sky win two of their three games last week Other players receiving votes were Napheesa Collier of Minnesota Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana and A ja Wilson of Las Vegas Meeting of the week Seattle at New York Sunday The Storm play a three-game East Coast trip stopping in Atlanta New York and Connecticut They dropped two of their last three games and will try and get back on the winning track AP WNBA https apnews com hub wnba-basketball Source