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SEATTLE — Liberty guard Rebekah Gardner has done her best to embody the mantra of when her number is called, she’ll be ready.

For her, that means playing against the practice squad after practice and knowing the coverages even if she’s not expected to be on the court.

When she’s on the bench, she keeps herself mentally engaged by envisioning herself out there and recognizing what mistakes her teammates might make in order to learn from them.

It hasn’t been easy to stay ready when her role and minutes have fluctuated over the course of the season, but Gardner has proven that she can help rejuvenate and calibrate the Liberty when they’re reeling.

Gardner entered Tuesday’s game against the Golden State Valkyries for the first time with 4:58 left in the third quarter.

She immediately gave the Liberty a much-needed boost.

She had two steals within two minutes and the Liberty outscored the Valkyries by 16 points when she was on the floor.

Despite the 66-58 loss, Jonquel Jones lauded Gardner’s “tenacity.”

“She was aggressive,” Jones said. “She brought great energy, picked up the guards really early in the possessions and executed our ball-screen defense that we wanted to do.”

Gardner’s mentality of “staying ready” paid off Tuesday.

The Liberty might look for her in spurts over the final three games and in the playoffs.

In the meantime, Gardner is locking in on what she believes are the two major areas that will help her get on the floor.

“Defense and rebounding have been two things that the team could be better at and I try to make that my focus,” she said, “and just be active on both ends of the floor.”

The Liberty went their separate ways Wednesday for a rare in-season off-day.

Leonie Fiebich went shopping, Isabelle Harrison visited the aquarium and Cloud toured Seattle before meeting up with Brittney Sykes for a Lil Wayne concert.

They all had their own ways of decompressing to refill their own cup so they could reconvene Thursday and pour into one another.

“[Mental reset days are] sometimes more important practice,” Cloud said. “We put our bodies, our minds, our emotions, all the things that are such high stressors during the season because our job is to win f—ing games. And then you’re not winning games, you’re trying to figure it out because you care so much.”