Portland Fire – Portland and New York will play for the third time in 14 days Monday night in Brooklyn, with the Fire aiming to extend their early-season climb after a win over Toronto. The Liberty, still sorting through a .500 season, come off a loss to Dallas and are now le
The third meeting already feels like a rerun with real consequences. On Monday night, the Portland Fire and the New York Liberty will meet again in Brooklyn—an NBA-sized stage for a WNBA rivalry that’s been compressed into two weeks and a half.
This matchup matters because it’s also the end of their season series. Portland. the expansion Fire. and New York will face off for the final time this year after two prior games in quick succession. Tip is set for Monday, May 25 at 8 p.m. ET at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The game will stream on Peacock, with YouTubeTV carrying NBCSN.
Portland enters on the back of a 99-80 victory on Saturday over the Toronto Tempo. The Fire’s path to that win hasn’t been smooth—especially in losses. where all three have come by at least 15 points—but it also hasn’t been passive. They’ve been able to steal close moments, including tight wins over the Liberty (98-96) and the Connecticut Sun (83-82). Portland’s first franchise win came earlier in the season on May 12, when they beat the Liberty.
New York’s momentum is coming from a different place. The Liberty fell 91-76 to the Dallas Wings at home on Sunday, and they’re in the middle of the third of a seven-game homestand—the longest of their season.
The Fire’s offensive questions have followed them into nearly every loss this season. In a 90-73 defeat to the Indiana Fever on Wednesday. Portland made only 3 of 16 3-pointers and tied a season low with three offensive rebounds. Fire head coach Alex Sarama addressed the issue directly. pointing to what the team has been trying to do together on the glass.
“We were more concerned that we’re not getting more offensively. especially with all the crashing that we’re trying to emphasize as a group. ” Sarama said. “We’ve really got to come up with more because the last two games. it’s been improving the crash rate and what we’re getting. And tonight we only came up with three.”.
New York’s season picture is different, but the question is similar: can it turn the early-season narrative into consistency? The Liberty were preseason favorites to win the championship, yet they’ve played as a .500 team this season.
Sabrina Ionescu’s presence is part of what’s shaping that attempt. After missing the first five games with an injured left foot. the guard made her season debut in the loss to Dallas. led the team with seven assists. and scored 11 points on 4-for-15 shooting. Satou Sabally added 20 points; she missed the first four games after joining the Liberty as an offseason free agent.
Bueckers scored 24 points for Dallas, and Fudd added 17 of her season-high 24 in the third quarter to lift the Wings to the win.
Portland will be watching its own historical lane, too. The Fire are only the fourth WNBA expansion franchise to start .500 or better during the first six games, joining the Minnesota Lynx (4-2 in 1999), Orlando Miracle (3-3 in ’99), and Toronto Tempo (3-3 this year).
If this game feels like a sprint, that’s because it is. For Portland and New York, it’s not just another date on the calendar—it’s the last time these teams will test each other this season, and the momentum from their most recent results is already taking shape.
For fans trying to keep up across platforms, Peacock will stream nationally televised WNBA regular-season games that air across NBC, plus Peacock exclusives. The service includes 22 national WNBA games per season shared across Peacock and NBC, and it will stream select WNBA playoff games as well.
WNBA coverage talent is also set: Sue Bird and Cheryl Miller will serve as studio analysts; Maria Taylor and LaChina Robinson as studio hosts; LaChina Robinson and Sarah Kustok as game analysts; and Zora Stephenson. Noah Eagle. and Michael Grady as play-by-play voices. Ashley ShahAhmadi, Jordan Cornette, and Caroline Pineda will work as courtside reporters.
Peacock sign-up and device support are available on its platform, and the game itself—Portland Fire vs. New York Liberty—will be played Monday, May 25 at 8 p.m. ET from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Portland Fire vs New York Liberty WNBA May 25 Barclays Center Peacock NBCSN Sabrina Ionescu Alex Sarama
Why is everyone playing the same team again? Feels rigged lol.
So they’re basically done playing each other after Monday? That’s wild. Also Peacock AND YouTubeTV… can’t they just pick one.
I don’t get it, if Portland only hit 3 threes in that game then how did they win at all? Like scoring 99-80 sounds great but that seems like the defense was doing everything. End of season series but it’s already the third time in like 2 weeks??
Portland vs New York again?? I swear the schedule is just repeating itself. Barclays Center is huge but these teams are still like .500 vibes, so it’ll probably be low scoring and somebody goes cold from 3 again. Also I thought Peacock was for movies not sports, so now I’m annoyed and confused.