<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4OPNS7_0wAlFlxm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4OPNS7_0wAlFlxm00" width="1200" height="800" > The New York Liberty are on the precipice of history after taking a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five WNBA Finals series against the Minnesota Lynx. The Liberty escaped the Lynx 80-77 in Game 3 after star guard Sabrina Ionescu sank a cold-blooded three-pointer from near the logo with only one second left. This year's WNBA Finals already broke viewership records after the first two games, averaging 1.24 million viewers, according to a report by <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2024/10/16/liberty-lynx-wnba-finals-tv-ratings/75708990007/" rel="nofollow"> USA Today's Cydney Henderson </a> . It's a whopping 82 percent increase from last year's championship series between the Liberty and&nbsp;the Las Vegas Aces. After Game 3, ESPN studio analyst Chiney Ogwumike took to X to express her opinion on the nip-and-tuck WNBA Finals. "These WNBA Finals have been straight BLOOD PRESSURE," she wrote. <blockquote></blockquote> Ahead of Game 4 on Friday, ESPN, which is at the forefront of the WNBA's media coverage, announced that it <a href="https://x.com/espnpr/status/1846906992280900073?s=46&amp;t=iuCfxGVml6lwVaTM_xvlFA" rel="nofollow"> re-signed Ogwumike </a> to a multi-year extension.&nbsp;The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Ogwumike has become one of the leading analysts of the WNBA following her successful tenure in the league. She played for the Connecticut Sun and the Los Angeles Sparks in a seven-year career. She was named Rookie of the Year in 2014 and was a two-time All-Star. Aside from the WNBA, the 32-year-old Ogwumike also serves as ESPN's studio analyst for the NBA and women's college basketball. She joined ESPN in 2018 and has regularly appeared on shows like "WNBA Countdown," "NBA Countdown," "NBA Today" and "SportsCenter." ESPN also gave similar multi-year extensions to Ogwumike's colleagues, Monika McNutt and Kendrick Perkins. <a href="https://athlonsports.com/wnba/new-york-liberty/sabrina-ionescu-reveals-new-york-liberty-coach-message-game-winner" rel="nofollow"> Related: Sabrina Ionescu Reveals NY Liberty Coach’s Message to Her Before Game-Winner </a><a href="https://athlonsports.com/wnba/wnba-commissioner-update-possible-16th-team-expansion" rel="nofollow"> Related: WNBA Commissioner Reveals Update on Possible 16th Team Amid Expansion </a></div></body>