2013 New York Liberty season

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The 2013 New York Liberty season was the 17th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their 1st season under head coach, Bill Laimbeer. The season tipped off on, May 25, 2013, against the Connecticut Sun. The Liberty played at Prudential Center in New Jersey due to renovations at Madison Square Garden.

Head coachBill Laimbeer^[1]

ArenaPrudential Center

Attendanceper game

Record10–24 (.294)

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2013 New York Liberty season
Head coach	Bill Laimbeer^[1]
Arena	Prudential Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	10–24 (.294)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	MSG, MSG+ ESPN2, NBATV
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WNBA draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	5
2	17
3	29

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Trades

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Date	Trade
TBD	To New York Liberty	To TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD

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Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

Roster

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2013 New York Liberty roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F/C	3		Bone, Kelsey	6' 4" (1.93m)		1991-12-31	Texas A&M	R
F/C	45		Braxton, Kara	6' 6" (1.98m)	225 lb (102kg)	1983-02-18	Georgia	8
G/F	17		Carson, Essence	6' 0" (1.83m)	165 lb (75kg)	1986-07-28	Rutgers	5
F	1		Milton-Jones, Delisha	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	1974-09-11	Florida	14
PG	5		Mitchell, Leilani	5' 5" (1.65m)	128 lb (58kg)	1985-06-15	Utah	5
G/F	21		Montgomery, Alex	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	1988-11-12	Georgia Tech	2
F/C	33		Pierson, Plenette	6' 2" (1.88m)	180 lb (82kg)	1981-08-31	Texas Tech	10
G	23		Pondexter, Cappie	5' 9" (1.75m)	160 lb (73kg)	1983-01-07	Rutgers	7
G	30		Smith, Katie	5' 11" (1.8m)	175 lb (79kg)	1974-06-04	Ohio State	14
G	4		Williams, Kamiko	5' 11" (1.8m)		1991-04-06	Tennessee	R
F	15		Young, Toni	6' 2" (1.88m)		1991-01-11	Oklahoma State	R

Head coach: Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches: Barbara Farris (Tulane); Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's)
Athletic trainer: Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI))
Strength and conditioning coach: Kevin Duffy (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

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Depth

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Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Kara Braxton	Kelsey Bone
PF	Cheryl Ford	Toni Young
SF	Plenette Pierson	Essence Carson Alex Montgomery
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Katie Smith
PG	Leilani Mitchell	Kamiko Williams

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Season standings

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#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Sky	24	10	.706	-	34
2	x-Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	7	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	17	17	.500	7	34
4	x-Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	8	34

5	e-New York Liberty	11	23	.324	13	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	10	24	.294	14	34

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Schedule

Preseason

More information 2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2), Game ...

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)

Pre-season: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 11	@ Connecticut	L 74–83	Williams, Pierson, & Montgomery (12)	Essence Carson (5)	Alex Montgomery (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6692	0–1
2	May 15	@ Chicago	L 67–85	Pondexter & Montgomery (14)	Alex Montgomery (8)	Kara Braxton (4)	Jacoby Dickens Center 1250	0–2
3	May 18	Connecticut	W 78–67	Cappie Pondexter (14)	Pondexter & Bone (6)	Essence Carson (5)	Prudential Center 1945	1–2

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Regular season

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2013 game log
Total: 11–23 (Home: 6–11; Road: 5–12)

May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 25	@ Connecticut	L 69–81	Cappie Pondexter (23)	Kara Braxton (9)	Pondexter & Williams (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7672	0–1
2	May 31	Tulsa	W 78–76 (OT)	Essence Carson (18)	Braxton & Pondexter (8)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	Prudential Center 7532	1–1

June : 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	June 5	Indiana	W 75–68 (OT)	Essence Carson (21)	Braxton & Montgomery (7)	Leilani Mitchell (3)	Prudential Center 7617	2–1
4	June 7	@ Atlanta	L 56–75	Kara Braxton (14)	Alex Montgomery (12)	Pierson & Montgomery (4)	Philips Arena 6173	2–2
5	June 9	Atlanta	W 76–67	Pierson & Pondexter (17)	Leilani Mitchell (7)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	Prudential Center 5933	3–2
6	June 14	Connecticut	W 78–68	Cappie Pondexter (20)	Kara Braxton (13)	Leilani Mitchell (5)	Prudential Center 5845	4–2
7	June 23	San Antonio	L 77–78 (OT)	Cappie Pondexter (19)	Cappie Pondexter (11)	Pondexter & Mitchell (6)	Prudential Center 6123	4–3
8	June 26	@ Chicago	L 74–87	Cappie Pondexter (21)	Kelsey Bone (9)	Leilani Mitchell (7)	Allstate Arena 8911	4–4
9	June 28	@ Seattle	W 67–62	Cappie Pondexter (23)	Kara Braxton (14)	Smith, Braxton, & Pondexter (3)	Key Arena 7687	5–4

July : 3–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	July 2	@ Phoenix	L 87–94	Cappie Pondexter (17)	Kamiko Williams (9)	Alex Montgomery (4)	US Airways Center 7636	5–5
11	July 4	@ Los Angeles	L 89–97	Cappie Pondexter (34)	Kelsey Bone (8)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	Staples Center 8565	5–6
12	July 7	Chicago	L 64–93	Cappie Pondexter (18)	Kelsey Bone (8)	Mitchell & Pondexter (4)	Prudential Center 7127	5–7
13	July 9	Seattle	W 66–57	Plenette Pierson (22)	Kara Braxton (11)	Cappie Pondexter (4)	Prudential Center 5766	6–7
14	July 13	Indiana	L 53–74	Plenette Pierson (12)	Alex Montgomery (11)	Bone, Braxton, Pondexter, Montgomery, Williams, & Mitchell (1)	Prudential Center 6772	6–8
15	July 18	Chicago	L 55–75	Pierson & Bone (11)	Kelsey Bone (8)	Alex Montgomery (3)	Prudential Center 12858	6–9
16	July 20	@ Chicago	L 69–80	Cappie Pondexter (22)	Plenette Pierson (11)	Pondexter & Mitchell (4)	Allstate Arena 6037	6–10
17	July 23	@ Indiana	W 77–72	Cappie Pondexter (24)	Pierson & Montgomery (11)	Plenette Pierson (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7577	7–10
18	July 25	@ San Antonio	L 53–65	Cappie Pondexter (20)	Kara Braxton (7)	Cappie Pondexter (3)	AT&T Center 12086	7–11
All-Star Break
19	July 31	@ Washington	W 88–78	Kara Braxton (22)	Kelsey Bone (11)	Cappie Pondexter (9)	Verizon Center 6711	8–11

August : 3–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	August 3	Connecticut	L 66–88	Kara Braxton (18)	Kelsey Bone (9)	Cappie Pondexter (5)	Prudential Center 6245	8–12
21	August 6	Washington	W 93–88	Pondexter & Montgomery (21)	Pierson & Bone (6)	Plenette Pierson (10)	Prudential Center 8907	9–12
22	August 10	Los Angeles	L 67–85	Cappie Pondexter (22)	Kara Braxton (9)	Pierson & Braxton (3)	Prudential Center 7569	9–13
23	August 11	@ Atlanta	W 88–82	Cappie Pondexter (33)	Plenette Pierson (12)	Cappie Pondexter (7)	Philips Arena 4576	10–13
24	August 16	Washington	L 57–66	Katie Smith (14)	Kara Braxton (9)	Alex Montgomery (5)	Prudential Center 6157	10–14
25	August 18	@ Minnesota	L 57–88	Smith & Montgomery (11)	DeLisha Milton-Jones (8)	DeLisha Milton-Jones (5)	Target Center 9004	10–15
26	August 23	@ Chicago	L 64–82	Plenette Pierson (25)	Kelsey Bone (7)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	Allstate Arena 5888	10–16
27	August 25	@ Connecticut	W 74–66	Plenette Pierson (18)	Kara Braxton (7)	Alex Montgomery (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7004	11–16
28	August 27	Minnesota	L 47–73	Cappie Pondexter (13)	DeLisha Milton-Jones (7)	Plenette Pierson (3)	Prudential Center 5997	11–17
29	August 30	Indiana	L 67–73	Kelsey Bone (13)	Alex Montgomery (9)	Pondexter & Mitchell (3)	Prudential Center 6621	11–18

September: 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	September 1	@ Tulsa	L 88–93	Braxton & Pondexter (20)	Kara Braxton (15)	Cappie Pondexter (6)	BOK Center 5818	11–19
31	September 6	Atlanta	L 57–70	Kara Braxton (17)	Plenette Pierson (8)	Alex Montgomery (4)	Prudential Center 7021	11–20
32	September 10	Phoenix	L 76–80	Katie Smith (17)	Plenette Pierson (15)	Plenette Pierson (6)	Prudential Center 8127	11–21
33	September 13	@ Indiana	L 63–66	DeLisha Milton-Jones (18)	Kara Braxton (8)	Pierson & Montgomery (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10571	11–22
34	September 15	@ Washington	L 52–70	Kelsey Bone (11)	Plenette Pierson (11)	Plenette Pierson (4)	Verizon Center 9454	11–23

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Statistics

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GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

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Regular season

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

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Awards and honors

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