A year ago, the Liberty lost because it failed to make clutch shots at the end of the game.

In the off-season, the Liberty lost four of its five starters from the 2005 team.

Also yesterday, the Liberty lost three players as the league held an expansion draft for its four new teams.

Last year, the Liberty lost to Cleveland and then won two straight to advance.

The Liberty also lost its final three games of the regular season.

The Liberty lost its fifth game in a row, before a crowd of 13,002, because it failed to hit open shots.

Indeed, the Liberty may well have lost the game on the boards.

That was before the Liberty (8-8) lost two games in a row at home and five of six over all.

The Liberty lost because it could not keep Stinson down for a full 40 minutes.

The Liberty (8-8) has now lost five of six games, including its last two at home.