Broadway star Patti LuPone and soca artist Machel Montano have been seen supporting the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx at their recreation on Tuesday night time (Aug. 19).
The celebs sat subsequent to 1 one other, with LuPone seemingly making an attempt to get somebody’s consideration out of body earlier than grinning when the announcer referred to as her identify.
How did the Lynx-Liberty recreation finish?
The sport ended with the Liberty successful 85-75 over the Lynx. The Liberty ended the Lynx’s six-game successful streak after the Liberty misplaced three in a row to the Lynx over the previous three weeks.
“We all know all of the performs they’re operating, they know all of the performs we’re operating, so it’s who executes the scout the very best. They usually’ve achieved that higher, you recognize?” Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello mentioned earlier than the sport. “I believe you see their confidence and chemistry that they’ve in these moments, somewhat bit higher than what we’ve had.”
After the sport, 11-year WNBA veteran Natasha Cloud expressed how properly this recreation went regardless of any further chatter from the opposing crew.
“I do know Minny loves to speak about us rather a lot. We stay rent-free, however that is one other recreation of simply actually feeling good about ourselves … From offense to protection tonight was Liberty basketball, and that’s what I’m most joyful about. I don’t give a f*** about all that off-the-court s***, like you possibly can hold speaking, no matter,” Cloud mentioned per Nets Day by day. “However we’re actually centered on these final ten, now 9 video games to be ok with ourselves. As a result of we all know what we now have within the locker room.”
It is no shock that the Lynx and Liberty have some unresolved enterprise because the two went head-to-head through the WNBA Finals final yr. The Liberty gained 3-2 towards the Lynx through the 2024 WNBA Finals and this season they’ve been making an attempt to make a degree in how final yr’s loss will keep prior to now till they have been reminded of that feeling tonight.
Previous to the Liberty’s win tonight, Lynx star Courtney Williams was trash speaking in a livestream concerning the opposing crew saying that Jaylyn Sherrod was, “With the nice guys now. She left that punk-a** crew, and he or she with the nice guys now. Straight up, consider it.”
Courtney Williams TAKES SHOTS on the New York Liberty whereas having former Liberty Participant Sherrod on her stream😳
“She Left that PUNK ASS crew” pic.twitter.com/lZcGQCDnnU
— JMac | Ball Up | WNBA & NBA (@Gameis_gameLFG) August 15, 2025
Sherrod was signed to the Lynx after the Liberty dismissed her. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve reacted to Williams’ outburst.
“I believe it is simply Courtney being Courtney… her emotions are actual, and they need to be. That is private, for her specifically. You take a look at recreation 5, for lots of causes, and for her, it wasn’t her finest recreation, and he or she has carried that along with her, and that is what’s popping out of her,” Reeve mentioned, per an X publish from Myles Ehrlich.
Liberty coach, Sandy Brondello, believes that there’s a rivarly between the groups regardless of individuals considering in any other case.
“I believe rivalries are nice. Sure, do we now have a rivalry? They play it down, however in fact we now have a rivalry. And it’s nice for the league; I don’t know why they play it down. We don’t like one another, that’s simply how it’s.”