New York at Toronto

We backed the Liberty at a plus number in Minnesota Saturday and cashed, and now New York needs the same margin for a different reason. Satou Sabally remains in concussion protocol, and Leonie Fiebich is out with a foot injury, stripping the Liberty of two rotation pieces that log real minutes on both ends. That's a lot to ask New York to overcome this afternoon, even against a Toronto team that has dropped four straight and is banged up itself with Brittney Sykes and Kiki Rice both out long-term. The Tempo have hung around at home even during the skid, and a short-handed Liberty group traveling into an expansion crowd with real energy behind it is not the spot to lay a full number. New York still wins more nights than not here, but the margin the market is asking for assumes a healthier roster than the one making the trip. Toronto's own absences cut into its offense, which keeps this from being a total blowout. I want to touch on the spread, but the spread gives the home team enough room to make it a fight into the fourth. Back the Tempo with the points this afternoon.