2013 New York Liberty season

2013 New York Liberty season
Coach	Bill Laimbeer [1]
Arena	Prudential Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	10–24 (.294)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	MSG, MSG+ ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 New York Liberty season was the 17th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their 1st season under head coach, Bill Laimbeer. The season tipped off on, May 25, 2013, against the Connecticut Sun. The Liberty played 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	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	5
2	17
3	29

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To New York Liberty	To TBD
	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

Roster

2013 New York Liberty roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/C 3 Bone, Kelsey 6' 4" (1.93m) 1991-12-31 Texas A&M R F/C 45 Braxton, Kara 6' 6" (1.98m) 225 lb (102kg) 1983-02-18 Georgia 8 G/F 17 Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1986-07-28 Rutgers 5 F 1 Milton-Jones, Delisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1974-09-11 Florida 14 PG 5 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 128 lb (58kg) 1985-06-15 Utah 5 G/F 21 Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1988-11-12 Georgia Tech 2 F/C 33 Pierson, Plenette 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1981-08-31 Texas Tech 10 G 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1983-01-07 Rutgers 7 G 30 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 14 G 4 Williams, Kamiko 5' 11" (1.8m) 1991-04-06 Tennessee R F 15 Young, Toni 6' 2" (1.88m) 1991-01-11 Oklahoma State R	Head coach Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame) Assistant coaches Barbara Farris (Tulane) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's) Athletic trainer Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI)) Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Duffy (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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 v t e
	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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

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

References

1. Berkman, Seth (October 16, 2017). "Katie Smith Replaces Bill Laimbeer as Liberty Coach". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2020.