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NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 31 points to lead short-handed Phantom BC to the Unrivaled championship game as the top seed beat Vinyl 83-75 in the semifinals of the 3-on-3 league at Barclays Center on Monday night.
Phantom will play the winner of second-seeded Mist and No. 5 Breeze on Wednesday night at Unrivaled’s home arena in Miami. The winning team will take home a prize pool of $600,000 that will be split among the players from the championship club.
Phantom was missing star forward Aliyah Boston, who is out for the playoffs with a right leg injury.
After the success of taking the league to Philadelphia in late January for a weekend, Unrivaled decided to move the semifinals to New York a few weeks ago. Playing at Barclays Center was a homecoming for Unrivaled co-founder Breanna Stewart, who led the New York Liberty to its first championship in 2024.
The star-studded sellout crowd of 18,261 that filled Barclays Center included basketball greats Carmelo Anthony and Sue Bird; actors Ashton Kutcher and Jason Sudeikis, and gold medal-winning U.S. hockey player Hilary Knight.
The crowd gave a loud ovation to Liberty guard Natasha Cloud, who walked down to the court through the fans as she was introduced.
She gave them a lot to cheer about as she rallied Phantom in the third quarter from a 59-50 deficit. Cloud drew an offensive foul on one end and then had a three-point play on the other. Her team was up 71-64 heading into the ...
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