{"id":855171,"date":"2026-09-21T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/855171\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:08:13","slug":"rebecca-allens-patience-allowing-her-to-find-flow-from-deep-for-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/855171\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Allen’s patience allowing her to find flow from deep for Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Rebecca Allen\u2019s patience is paying dividends.<\/p>\n

Allen went from struggling to crack the rotation early this season to starting in place of an injured Leonie Fiebich.<\/p>\n

That month as a starter helped Allen find her flow. Her confidence grew as she became more comfortable in the team\u2019s system.<\/p>\n

The results have since followed.<\/p>\n

Allen is averaging two 3-pointers and converting at a 50.8 percent clip from deep in the past 15 games.<\/p>\n

She said she liked the sound of that stat when a reporter made her aware of it Sunday after the Liberty\u2019s 106-69 win against the Toronto Tempo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just tried to stay true to the process of it all,\u201d Allen said. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s been nothing really has changed from the start. It\u2019s more so that I\u2019m just trying to keep my head cool and calm and also you get more comfortable within the offense, too, so you become a bit more patient out on the court so that\u2019s been a big thing for me, but it is nice to hear that percentage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Liberty guard Rebecca Allen (9) goes to shoot a three-point basket against the Toronto Tempo during the second half at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Sunday, September 20, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Allen provided a key spark off the bench in Toronto, cashing in on four of her seven attempts from downtown to finish with 14 points.<\/p>\n

When the playoffs start, the rotation will likely squeeze. But Allen has cemented her spot within it by locking in on defense and hitting timely 3s.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s really important for us,\u201d Pauline Astier said of Allen. \u201cShe just shows up every time she\u2019s on the floor, and that\u2019s really good. We need her. We need all the people on this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Liberty\u2019s offense was humming Sunday.<\/p>\n

They had 29 assists on 39 baskets, with 16 made 3s.<\/p>\n

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Pauline Astier attributed the Liberty\u2019s offensive success to improvements the team has made on the other end of the floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are playing better defense,\u201d she said when asked about the flowing ball movement. \u201cWe are more as a shell, in the gaps and everything, and it gives us a lot of freedom on offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ionescu, who\u2019s been prone to disappearing acts this season as she\u2019s dealt with a nagging back injury, couldn\u2019t get it going in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\"PaulinePauline Astier (18) of the New York Liberty drives against Kiki Rice (1) of the Toronto Tempo during the second half of a WNBA basketball game at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

She missed all seven shots in the first half. Though her shot wasn\u2019t falling, she still found ways to impact the game, finishing with nine assists. She could\u2019ve had 10 had Astier not missed a layup attempt.<\/p>\n

Astier was flabbergasted when she was told she grabbed nine rebounds. It\u2019s a new career high, surpassing the eight boards she grabbed in a June 11 win in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the first time, I didn\u2019t realize,\u201d said Astier, who also had 10 points and three assists. \u201cI was just like, \u2018OK, the ball came to me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Rebecca Allen\u2019s patience is paying dividends. Allen went from struggling to crack the rotation early this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[436,99,434],"class_list":["post-855171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855171","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=855171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}