Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey (3) defends against New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart (30) as she drives to the basket during the second half of a WNBA game in Montreal, on Sunday.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA season is at its midway point and no team has been more of a mystery than the New York Liberty.

The Liberty have proven they can beat the elite teams in the league with victories over Minnesota and Las Vegas. New York became the first team to win the Commissioner’s Cup championship twice with a victory over Las Vegas this month.

They’ve also shown inconsistencies with losses to Seattle, Toronto and Portland. New York has lost three straight games.

Injuries have caused problems again for New York as prized free agent acquisition Satou Sabally has been limited to 13 games so far. She hasn’t played since June 25 while dealing with another concussion. The Liberty also missed star guard Sabrina Ionescu for the early part of the season first with an ankle injury and then a back issue.

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton has been working her way back from a knee injury that kept her out all of last season.

The Liberty sit at 13-11 and are currently in seventh place in the standings. It’s a spot they aren’t accustomed to and one that they didn’t expect to be in.

New York can take some solace that Las Vegas was in a similar position last season, hovering at .500 before winning 16 consecutive games to close out the regular season last year en route to their third WNBA championship.

The Golden State Valkyries have taken over the top spot in the power poll for the first time in the franchise’s two-year history. Golden State went 3-0 last week with road wins in Washington, Toronto and Connecticut. Minnesota fell to second. The Lynx were followed by Dallas, Las Vegas and Indiana. New York, Atlanta and Washington were next. Toronto was ninth and Los Angeles 10th. Portland, Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle and Connecticut rounded out the poll.