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Nyara Sabally picked a good night to play one of the best games of her life.In the first overtime winner-take-all Finals game in WNBA history, Sabally had 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench -- and connected on a breakaway layup in overtime that proved to be crucial game-sealing points -- as the host New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in Game 5 Sunday night to win their first championship in franchise history.
Minnesota opened the decisive final game of the season with a 6-0 run and finished the first quarter ahead 19-10. Collier scored eight points in the opening frame and six more in the second. At halftime, the Lynx maintained a seven-point lead.The momentum of the game seemed to swing in the Liberty's favor midway through the third quarter when Sabally entered the game. When the second-year forward out of Oregon checked in, the Liberty trailed by five points.
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