Liberty have flipped page entering critical 13-game sprint coming out of All-Star break

LOS ANGELES — WNBA All-Star weekend was fun while it lasted.But the break — if one can even call it that — is over, at least for the Liberty.While some teams, like the Atlanta Dream, who have been off for nine days, don’t play until Wednesday, the schedule makers weren’t as kind to the Liberty.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Madeline Kenney about all things Liberty and WNBA.

After four days away in which the team dispersed from coast to coast, the Liberty regrouped in Los Angeles on Monday for a practice before launching into a five-week sprint before the World Cup break.New York is scheduled to open this 13-game stretch against the Sparks on Tuesday.“Now you got to push to finish off really strong before the World Cup,” Sabrina Ionescu told The Post after a spirited practice.“It’s always nice to kind of be able to reset, get a little bit of time.

That month was crazy for us with a lot of travel….It’s already [almost] August, and then September’s the World Cup, and then there’s a couple more games, and then playoffs start.

Like, it’s gone really, really fast, and so I think for us, it’s just kind of focusing on this next month.”The first 27 games of the Liberty’s season were a mixed bag with players in and out of the lineup. They won the Commissioner’s Cup and strung together an eight-game winning streak. Then, after a tough start to July, New York snapped a season-long four-game losing skid with back-to-back one-point wins.The Liberty hope to build off those victories starting Tuesday.The theme of Monday’s practice was intentionality.“We’ve flipped the page over, especially at those final two games where we won in some pretty big moments,” Rebecca Allen said.“And I think collectively, on the defensive side, we’ve really picked it up a notch.

And I think the communication, the intensity, the helping each other, that aspect has really taken a step up, an...