Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
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The Liberty are closing out the regular season on a stretch of four games in six days, with three against playoff teams.
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Liberty → close → teams
The Liberty took care of business with an impressive showing in Friday’s 93-81 win against the league-leading Minnesota Lynx.
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Liberty → take → Lynx
They head to Toronto to play the Tempo on Sunday before returning home for a two-game series with the Atlanta Dream.
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They → head → Dream
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you → get → things
schedule and unsettled playoff positioning allow little room for rest.
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schedule → allow → rest
Breanna Stewart’s minutes, in particular, will be worth monitoring down the stretch.
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minutes → monitor → stretch
Stewart has played in all but one game this season.
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Stewart → play → game
At 32, she’s logged the sixth-most minutes in the league this season.
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she → log → league
She led Team USA in playing time, averaging 23.1 minutes across six games at the FIBA Women’s World Cup earlier this month.
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She → lead → Cup
Not even a week removed from guiding the Americans to a fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal, Stewart looked like her usual self Friday.
She logged 38 minutes to record a team-high 24 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
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She → remove → win
Sunday’s game against Toronto might be the only time to lighten Stewart’s workload before the playoffs.
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game → lighten → playoffs
Sabrina Ionescu was pleased with the way the Liberty didn’t waste any time jumping back into the season after the break.
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Liberty → please → break
“The way we just played together hard, locked in for 40 minutes and weathered their runs and I’m really proud of the group,” she said.
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she → play → group
“Obviously we had a lot of players that weren’t here and it’s hard.
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it → have → players
Everyone’s traveled from across the world playing in really high-intensity games, but to be able to come in and be pros and put this game at the forefront of what we’re doing is super important to us.
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we → travel → us
Friday’s game needs to be the foundation to build upon.
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game → need → ?
Sunday’s game against the Tempo, losers of five straight and without Marina Mabrey and Brittney Sykes, has the makings of a trap game.
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game → have → game
The Liberty can’t afford to let their foot off the gas.
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Liberty → afford → gas
Securing home-court advantage in the first round is still in play for the Liberty, who would need to win out while other teams lose.
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teams → secure → Liberty
If Dallas, New York, Washington, Atlanta and Indiana finish in a five-way tie with 28-14 records, the Liberty would be the No. 4 seed.
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Liberty → finish → records
Stewart hit another career milestone in Friday’s win.
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Stewart → hit → win
She moved to ninth on the league’s all-time scoring list, surpassing Sue Bird.
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She → move → Bird
“I gotta pass Sue Bird in something,” Stewart said, “because I’m definitely not passing in assists.”
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I → got → assists
Stewart has 6,806 points over 332 games.
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Stewart → have → games
She’s only five points shy of tying Cappie Pondexter.
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She → ’ → Pondexter
Bird has the all-time assist record with 3,234, while Stewart has posted 1,056 dimes in 10 seasons.
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Stewart → have → seasons
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