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Breanna Stewart with 30 Points vs. Phoenix Mercury

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Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty - Game Highlights

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AP Recap

<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas each scored 15 points to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 86-60 in Game 2 on Wednesday night, evening the best-of-three playoff series.</p>
<p>The decisive Game 3 will be Friday night in Phoenix.</p>
<p>Sabally was coming off one of the worst shooting games of her career when she was 2 for 17 in Game 1, but said in practice Tuesday that she was confident she’d bounce back. Kahleah Copper and DeWanna Bonner each had 14.</p>
<p>New York had a huge emotional lift before the game with Breanna Stewart able to play <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://apnews.com/article/stewart-liberty-playoffs-f3d6a6763f340f31b6eb32f9482cb911" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">after spraining the MCL</a></span> in her left knee in overtime of Game 1 on Sunday. She was in her customary starting spot, but was mostly ineffective with just six points in 20 minutes. The boost from Stewart playing didn’t last long.</p>
<p>After the 75-69 Game 1 loss, Phoenix players felt they missed a lot of shots they normally hit. Those shots were falling on Wednesday night.</p>
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<p>Meesseman had 11 points to lead the Liberty, who only got 32 points out of their starting group.</p>
<p>Phoenix took control of the game in the second quarter behind Sabally and Thomas. The Mercury led 36-30 before going on a 13-0 run to extend the advantage to 19 with just under 3 minutes left in the half.</p>
<p>New York got within 51-37 at the half as Natasha Cloud hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 1.8 seconds left that brought the sellout crowd which included Spike Lee, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sue Bird to its feet.</p>
<p>The Liberty could have been a bit closer, but they struggled from the foul line in the first half. Sabrina Ionescu, who shot 93% from the foul line during the regular season, missed her first four free throws before finally hitting one.</p>
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Game Recap: Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty (First Round, Game 2)

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New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury - Game Highlights

<p>PHOENIX (AP) — Natasha Cloud scored 23 points, Breanna Stewart added 18 before hurting her knee in overtime and the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 76-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round playoff series.</p>
<p>New York will advance to the semifinals with a win in Game 2 on Wednesday in New York.</p>
<p>Stewart fell to the the ground and grabbed at her left knee after making a layup with 3:01 to play in overtime. She stayed in the game and missed the free throw, trying to play through the injury. She left the game about a minute later and didn’t return.</p>
<p>New York coach Sandy Brondello had no update on Stewart’s injury after the game. The New York star had a bone bruise in her other knee in late July that forced her to miss about a month of the season.</p>
<p>Kahleah Copper led the Mercury with 15 points and Alyssa Thomas had 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. DeWanna Bonner added 12 points.</p>
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<p>Cloud, who played in Phoenix last season, made back-to-back layups to give the Liberty a two-point lead with 4:17 left in the fourth quarter. Copper answered with two free throws and, after a turnover by Sabrina Ionescu, Thomas dropped a no-look pass to Copper for a wide-open layup that gave the Mercury a 65-63 lead with 1:44 remaining.</p>
<p>Stewart then made a tough basket in the lane 13 seconds later that eventually forced overtime.</p>
<p>The Liberty, who averaged 13.8 turnovers in the regular season, finished with 20 turnovers — one shy of their season high — which included 14 after halftime.</p>
<p>The Mercury made 25 of 77 (33%) from the field and shot 23% (6 of 26) from 3-point range.</p>
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Game Recap: New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury (First Round, Game 1)

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<div class="ewa-rteLine">• 2x WNBA Most Valuable Player (2018, 2023)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• 3x WNBA Champion (2018, 2020, 2024)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA Finals MVP (2018, 2020)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA Commissioner’s Cup MVP (2021)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA Scoring Leader (2022)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• AP WNBA Player of the Year (2022)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• All-WNBA First Team (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• All-WNBA Second Team (2016)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• All-WNBA Defensive Team (2016, 2021, 2022)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA All-Star (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA Rookie of the Year (2016)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• WNBA All-Rookie First Team (2016)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft (Seattle)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• Fastest WNBA player to 1,000 points/500 rebounds (55 games) and 3,000 points/1,000 rebounds (125 games)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• Olympic Gold Medalist (2016, 2020)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist (2014, 2018, 2022)</div>
<div class="ewa-rteLine">• Member of the WNBA’s Top 25 most dominant, skilled, and entertaining players in league history</div>


Breanna Stewart signed a Contract Amendment - Time-Off Bonus with the New York Liberty.