"With just over 3 minutes left in overtime, Stewart caught a pass in the corner. She drove past the Mercury's Alyssa Thomas on the baseline, planted with her left leg, and finished a layup over two Phoenix defenders. Satou Sabally fouled her on the play. As Stewart went up, she already appeared to be grimacing. After falling to the ground, she clutched her left knee, in obvious pain."
"The Liberty, the No. 5 seed and defending WNBA champions, did not make Stewart available to the media. Brondello told reporters that scans of Stewart's knee were "relatively clean," but did not provide specifics of the injury. "She's tough," Brondello said of Stewart. "I think one of her superpowers is her mental toughness, so if she's able to go, she'll go.""
Breanna Stewart suffered a left-knee injury late in Game 1 but remained on the court briefly before exiting and is listed as a game-time decision for Game 2. She attended practice but did not participate, walking without a noticeable limp and wearing a gray compression sleeve. Scans of her knee were described as relatively clean, though specifics were not released. Coach Sandy Brondello emphasized Stewart's mental toughness as a factor in any decision to play. Stewart finished Game 1 with 18 points, six rebounds and four assists and missed earlier games this season with a right-knee bone bruise.
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