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Liberty win Game 1 to put top-seeded Lynx on brink of WNBA playoff exit

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Breanna Stewart scored 34 points with 12 rebounds Lynx face must-win Game 2 in New York on Tuesday Breanna Stewart produced yet another clutch performance in the WNBA playoffs with 34 points and 12 rebounds for the New York Liberty in a 91-75 victory over the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx to open their best-of-three first-round series on Sunday. Stewart, the two-time league MVP, added six assists, two steals and two blocks.

She shot 11 for 18 from the floor with her friend and former college teammate Napheesa Collier, the 2024 WNBA defensive player of the year, guarding her most of the afternoon.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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