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Cardoso leads Chicago against New York after 24-point outing
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Chicago Sky (15-24, 3-12 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (23-16, 11-5 Eastern Conference)
New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Chicago Sky plays the New York Liberty after Kamilla Cardoso scored 24 points in the Sky's 87-81 loss to the Connecticut Sun.
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The Liberty are 11-5 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York averages 13.6 turnovers per game and is 6- when it wins the turnover battle.
The Sky are 3-12 in conference matchups. Chicago gives up 89.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 2.6 points per game.
New York averages 10.2 made 3-pointers per game, 2.4 more made shots than the 7.8 per game Chicago allows. Chicago has shot at a 44.3% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points below the 45.4% shooting opponents of New York have averaged.
The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Sky won 93-86 in the last matchup on Aug. 19. Natasha Cloud led the Sky with 35 points, and Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 22 points.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Jonquel Jones is averaging 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds for the Liberty. Stewart is averaging 20.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists over the last 10 games.
Cardoso is scoring 14.9 points per game and averaging 8.9 rebounds for the Sky. Rachel Banham is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 7-3, averaging 90.6 points, 36.7 rebounds, 22.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.8 points per game.
Sky: 4-6, averaging 86.0 points, 34.9 rebounds, 22.8 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 90.8 points.
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INJURIES: Liberty: Satou Sabally: out (head).
Sky: DiJonai Carrington: day to day (foot), Natasha Cloud: day to day (knee), Skylar Diggins: out (knee), Rickea Jackson: out for season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
