The Canyon of Heroes in New York City played host for the first time on Thursday to a parade for the New York Liberty, who captured their first WNBA championship in a five-game series win over the Minnesota Lynx.

It's a long time coming for one of the WNBA's original franchises, which endured a stretch of four consecutive losing seasons before morphing into the league's best team beginning last year. But those struggles prompted the changes that brought Sabrina Ionescu,

The Liberty won the franchise’s first championship, beating the Minnesota Lynx in overtime in a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals.