Sandy Brondello deemed it, “A great day to be a Liberty.”

And that was even before New York’s coach got to watch her full roster, including the healthy return of the Big Three, at work since Opening Night in Downtown Brooklyn.

Sabrina Ionescu came back from a toe injury and Nyara Sabally played for the first time since the WNBA All-Star break as Brondello got to see all five starters and her entire bench participate in a 75-66 triumph over Washington in front of a sellout crowd of 17,532 at Barclays Center.

“We only have two games before that first game. I thought it was important to get as much chemistry as we could,” Brondello said afterward.

Locked into the No. 5 seed for next week’s playoffs, the defending champions took the lead for good on Breanna Stewart’s 25-footer early in the

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