# 2013 New York Liberty season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey due to renovations at Madison Square Garden.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick |
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 29 |

### Trades

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

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| 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 |

## Season standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte |
| # | 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 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2) :
Pre-season: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular season

2013 game log Total: 11–23 (Home: 6–11; Road: 5–12) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
2013 season schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

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