Breanna Stewart knows that <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/sports/breanna-stewart-reveals-injury-on-cusp-of-liberty-game-2/">playing on a bum knee</a> comes with the risk of further injury.&nbsp;

But it’s a chance she was prepared to take considering what was on the line.&nbsp;

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“I’m willing to take that because I want to be out with my team,” Stewart said before Wednesday’s first-round Game 2 against the Mercury. “And they told me that structurally everything looks good, so my plan is to go.”&nbsp;

Stewart sprained the MCL in her left knee on an and-one layup in overtime of Game 1’s win in Phoenix.&nbsp;

Breanna Stewart knows that playing on a bum knee comes with the risk of further injury. {ai:summary}Breanna Stewart played through a left knee MCL sprain to join the Liberty for Game 2 vs. Phoenix, saying she’d risk more to be with her teammates.She added that structurally everything looks good and her plan is to go.

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Breanna Stewart sends clear Liberty message with her Game 2 availability

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