The 2020 WNBA season was the 24th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty opened the regular season on July 25, 2020, versus the Seattle Storm.
During the off-season the Liberty announced that they would return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as their permanent home. In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the Liberty's primary home venue was the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. Additionally, the Liberty announced that Walt Hopkins would replace Katie Smith as head coach.
This WNBA season had planned to feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.
The Liberty's shortened season started slowly, when they lost their first five games. Their first win came on August 7, but was followed by another seven straight losses. An eight-game losing streak saw the team finish 2âÂÂ20 for the season. Number one overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu only played in three games for the Liberty. Their .091 winning percentage was the worst in team history.
|- | 1 | July 25 | Seattle Storm | L 71âÂÂ87 | Clarendon (20) | Stokes (9) | Ionescu (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ1 |- | 2 | July 29 | Dallas Wings | L 80âÂÂ93 | Ionescu (33) | Zahui B. (11) | Ionescu (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ2 |- | 3 | July 31 | Atlanta Dream | L 78âÂÂ84 | Jones (20) | Stokes (7) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ3
|- | 4 | August 2 | Phoenix Mercury | L 67âÂÂ96 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (9) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ4 |- | 5 | August 5 | Minnesota Lynx | L 66âÂÂ92 | Zahui B. (13) | Stokes (8) | Clarendon (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 0âÂÂ5 |- | 6 | August 7 | Washington Mystics | W 74âÂÂ66 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (14) | Clarendon (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ5 |- | 7 | August 9 | Las Vegas Aces | L 76âÂÂ78 | Zahui B. (20) | Stokes (12) | Clarendon (8) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ6 |- | 8 | August 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 78âÂÂ93 | Jones (24) | Zahui B. (10) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ7 |- | 9 | August 13 | Indiana Fever | L 79âÂÂ86 | Nurse (21) | Stokes (8) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ8 |- | 10 | August 15 | Minnesota Lynx | L 64âÂÂ94 | Jones (13) | Zahui B. (8) | Nurse (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ9 |- | 11 | August 18 | Seattle Storm | L 64âÂÂ105 | Nurse (21) | Tied (6) | 3 tied (2) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ10 |- | 12 | August 20 | Chicago Sky | L 85âÂÂ101 | Jones (18) | Stokes (9) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ11 |- | 13 | August 22 | Connecticut Sun | L 65âÂÂ82 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (10) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 1âÂÂ12 |- | 14 | August 25 | Chicago Sky | W 101âÂÂ99 | Zahui B. (22) | Zahui B. (12) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ12 |- | 15 | August 29 | Las Vegas Aces | L 63âÂÂ80 | Key (14) | Zahui B. (21) | Clarendon (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ13
|- | 16 | September 1 | Connecticut Sun | L 65âÂÂ70 | Nurse (18) | Zahui B. (10) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ14 |- | 17 | September 3 | Atlanta Dream | L 56âÂÂ62 | Tied (12) | Zahui B. (11) | Zahui B. (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ15 |- | 18 | September 5 | Phoenix Mercury | L 67âÂÂ83 | Holmes (13) | Holmes (13) | Clarendon (3) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ16 |- | 19 | September 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 70âÂÂ96 | Willoughby (21) | Stokes (8) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ17 |- | 20 | September 10 | Indiana Fever | L 75âÂÂ85 | Kea (21) | Jones (10) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ18 |- | 21 | September 12 | Washington Mystics | L 58âÂÂ75 | Tied (15) | Tied (7) | Jones (6) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ19 |- | 22 | September 13 | Dallas Wings | L 79âÂÂ82 | Jones (21) | Zahui B. (10) | Nurse (7) | IMG Academy<br>0 | 2âÂÂ20
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