The way they treated us was bad."The Mercury move into the second round, where Phoenix will play another single-elimination game at fourth-seeded Seattle on Sunday.Hopkins said he thought the refs' treatment of the Liberty was due to the fact they had so many younger players, although on Thursday, only one younger player - second-year guard Sabrina Ionescu - was in the Liberty's starting lineup. The other four starters all have at least five years' experience in the WNBA, and two of them are two-time league champions. New York's Michaela Onyenwere, who was the Associated Press Rookie of the Year and is expected to win that award from league, too, played just under nine minutes and didn't score.Hopkins said he felt throughout this season, the Liberty, who were last in the league in 2020 with just two victories, didn't get the benefit of the doubt from officials.
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