Connecticut has seven offensive rebounds to New York's two, yet the Sun trail the Liberty 57-51 with 2:31 left in the third quarter of their Saturday 15 August game. The extra possessions are real, but New York has shot 45% overall and 50% from three against 37% and 24%. Can Connecticut make those second chances cleaner before New York's shooting makes the rebounding edge irrelevant? https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/summary?event=401857145
Can Connecticut's extra possessions beat New York's shooting?
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Connecticut finished with a 9-3 edge in offensive rebounds, and it still was not enough. The Sun shot 36% overall and 28% from three while New York finished at 46% and 48% in an 82-75 Liberty win. The box score cannot tell us whether Connecticut's individual second-chance looks got cleaner, but it does answer the larger question: the extra possessions did not overcome the shooting gap. https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/summary?event=401857145