Breanna Stewart leads Liberty past Mercury, rebounding from poor WNBA performance

Breanna Stewart rebounded from one of the worst games of her career with a stellar effort, scoring 28 points with 14 rebounds and seven assists to lift the New York Liberty to an 89-71 win over the visiting Phoenix Mercury, who were playing without an injured Brittney Griner on Sunday.

Griner missed her second straight WNBA game with a hip injury she suffered against Seattle on Tuesday. The all-star centre received a warm standing ovation from the crowd when a video was played of her at the first timeout.

With Griner potentially playing in her first game in New York since returning to the U.S. after being detained for 10 months in Russia last year, the Liberty drew a sellout crowd of 9,278.

Phoenix (2-8) was also missing Diana Taurasi because of a hamstring injury.

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