New York Liberty cough up ball, lead vs. Portland Fire, lose 81-74

Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images Betnijah Laney-Hamilton missed her third straight game. Sabrina Ionescu made her season debut on Sunday night, but evidently wasn’t ready for a back-to-back. Satou Sabally did play four minutes before leaving with an illness. Leonie Fiebich is not quite ready. Just seven games into the season, the New York Liberty have found themselves in the thick of the dog days, grinding through low-scoring games with half a rotation at their disposal. On Monday night,