Teresa Weatherspoon's field goal with 41 seconds left in overtime broke the game's final tie and lifted the New York Liberty to a 62-61 victory over the Washington Mystics on Sunday.
Washington, which lost its seventh straight game in its first ever overtime, had a chance to tie the game but reserve forward Leila de Souza Sobral made just one of two free throws with three seconds to play.New York (7-5), which trailed by 11 points with 7:07 left in regulation, sent the game into overtime on a basket by center Kym Hampton that tied the game 54-54 with 11 seconds left in regulation.