Liberty celebrate boozy first title parade with repeat already on their mind

Confetti clouded Broadway on Thursday morning for the first hopeful time in 12 years. The streets swarmed with seafoam green, Lady Liberty crowns, the ringing of cowbells, ticker tape lost in hair and hats, and cheers of joy for the Liberty’s first WNBA title in their 28-year history and New York’s first basketball title in 51 years. The Liberty, who rode along The Canyon of Heroes in floats from Battery Park to City Hall, insisted they will be chasing another title after getting their first taste Sunday in a thrilling 67-62 overtime victory over the Lynx in Game 5 at Barclays Center. “It means a lot to bring the first championship here,” Syracuse native Breanna Stewart said at the Liberty’s celebration at City Hall after the parade.“My first WNBA game was a Liberty game at MSG.

So, full circle moment.… I have to thank you guys so much.

This has been an incredible journey.We’re not done yet, but we are going to appreciate the s–t out of this moment.” “I feel like I’m a New Yorker.

But just the way you [the fans] got behind us, that’s something that I’ll never forget but let’s play it back next year,” head coach Sandy Brondello added. They’re not the only ones who believe a repeat is possible. Hope was in the air in lower Manhattan that Thursday would not be the only time in the near future the Liberty would hold a trophy. “[Game 5] really just showed the depth of the team.I can see them repeating next year.

It’s good to see every player involved when your best players are down.That’s what every team needs,” Bedford-Stuyvesant native Mateo Estevez told The Post. Estevez, who previously had his hair blonde, decided to dye it light blue for the first time a month ago, which, after a few washes, coincidentally looked like the Liberty’s signature seafoam green as the team played deeper into the playoffs. “I wouldn’t mind doing the color again.

If I got to do it again this time next year, I’ll do it again.”...