The Liberty’s best route to a WNBA second-round series victory over the Atlanta Dream is the same path taken in their first-round series win: stealing home-court advantage.

The team immediately flipped the advantage in a short best-of-three series by winning Game 1 against the Lynx in Target Center. Now the focus shifts to at least splitting Games 1 and 2 at State Farm Arena.

“It’s the same mindset as the first round,” Jonquel Jones said. “It’s the playoffs now, and we’ve said it before. It’s zero-zero. All that other stuff doesn’t matter. The seeding doesn’t matter. It’s just about going out there playing with a level of hunger. I think a level of aggression as well when you’re playing against a team like Atlanta, and understanding that rebounding is going to be a huge key.

“You wipe the slate clean. Whatever you have to do is what you have to do. It’s either you on our side or you in the way, and that’s just what it is.”

The Liberty had no issues taking the fans out of the game in the postseason opening 91-75 win over the Minnesota Lynx at Target Center.

And in the team’s title-winning season under previous head coach Sandy Brondello, the team secured road wins in the semifinals in Las Vegas and in the finals against Minnesota.

The road Game 3 win reigns supreme in Liberty lore after Sabrina Ionescu drained a 28-foot game-winning dagger.

“I feel like we’ve done really well on the road,” Ionescu said. “I think it’s understanding the composure you have to have, and not letting another fan base really dictate when another team goes on a run. And I think through experience, you kind of realize how to block out the noise and just play 40 minutes of basketball. I feel like we’re really equipped to go on the road and get wins.”

CONTAINING THE DREAM

Containing the Dream’s trio of guard/wing playmakers — and rebounding force Angel Reese — poses as a different beast in Round 2.

Much different than the Lynx, the Dream creates live-ball turnovers for quick offense. And their first-round series against the Mystics featured a heightened pace than the Liberty’s series.

Atlanta entered Sunday’s Game 1 ranked third in pace and the Liberty offered the second-slowest pace among teams still alive in the postseason.

Still, Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco believes he can take principles that worked in Round 1 and successfully utilize them for the upcoming series.

“I think on the macro level, we put together a game plan. Everybody I think bought into the game plan, and it was a collaboration. And then when you have success, that’s just something in your toolbox now. [If] we want to draw back to something from the Minnesota series, we can and we can do so with confidence. I think that’s the most important thing.”

RUN IT BACK

The Liberty’s second-round series against the Dream comes after Atlanta won both games in Barclays Center to close out the regular season. The Liberty dropped that initial loss, a second game of a back-to-back, which eliminated any chance of the team getting home-court advantage in this postseason.

And the second loss came with Breanna Stewart (knee) on the sideline and Jones (ankle) exiting early.

Now, they’re playing at full strength for a shot at the WNBA Finals.

“I think the familiarity does help a lot. Playing against them later in the season, we saw some things that worked well for us, some things that worked well for them that we have to make sure we’re stopping. We know their tendencies, we know what they want to do. We had the luxury of being able to watch them play and really just kind of see everything.”