As the clock hit zeroes in overtime, clinching the New York Liberty's first-ever WNBA title, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones immediately found each other and embraced one of the final brushstrokes of a masterpiece once thought impossible to commission.
But out of the bubble, there came hope. The Liberty moved into the Barclays Center, home of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, and began to entrench themselves within a basketball-crazy community.
To be able to bring a championship to New York, the first-ever in franchise history, it's an incredible feeling. It also has been an incredible journey.
The New York Liberty had been stuck in the mud for five years and were in serious danger of drifting off into complete irrelevance within the Big Apple's sports scene.
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