It all comes down to this.<\/p>\n
The Phoenix Mercury will host the reigning champion New York Liberty for one final game in their first-round best-of-three playoff series, with a trip to the semifinals on the line. <\/p>\n
Fans can catch the action on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET, with streaming available through Fubo<\/a>, Sling<\/a> and DirecTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n Streaming OptionsStreaming OptionsPrice\/MonthFree TrialDealFubo<\/a>$84.99Yes$30 off the first monthSling<\/a>$45.99N\/AN\/ADirecTV<\/a>$89.99Yes$35 off the first month<\/p>\n The series is tied 1-1 after the Liberty took Game 1 in Phoenix and the Mercury took Game 2 in Brooklyn. Natasha Cloud led the Liberty with 23 points in their Game 1 overtime victory, and Breanna Stewart added 18. Fans held their breath as Stewart left the game in its final minutes with a knee injury.<\/p>\n Stewart was able to return to the court for Game 2 despite her sprained MCL, but the Mercury dominated the Liberty to force a Game 3 on their home court. Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas led Phoenix with 15 points each in the team\u2019s 86-60 victory.<\/p>\n The winner of tonight\u2019s game will advance to play the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx in the semifinals. <\/p>\n WNBA PLAYOFFS ROUND 1 GAME 3<\/p>\n No. 5 New York Liberty (1-0) vs. No. 4 Phoenix Mercury (0-1)<\/p>\n When: Friday, Sept. 19<\/p>\n Where: PHX Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.<\/p>\n Time: 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Channel: ESPN2<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It all comes down to this. The Phoenix Mercury will host the reigning champion New York Liberty for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-168399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}