Wednesday night was a microcosm of the 2025 New York Liberty.&nbsp;

They have all the talent in the world but have not been healthy enough to consistently unleash it.&nbsp;

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Breanna Stewart tried her best to play with a sprained MCL in her left knee. She fought through pain and risked the chance of further injury — something she said she made peace with “because I want to be out there with my team.”&nbsp;

But no one else was able to pick up the slack as the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/sports/sloppy-liberty-drop-game-2-to-mercury-to-push-season-to-brink/">Mercury throttled the Liberty 86-60</a> to force a winner-take-all Game 3 in Phoenix on Friday.&nbsp;

Wednesday night was a microcosm of the 2025 New York Liberty. {ai:summary}Wednesday night was a microcosm of the 2025 New York Liberty: talent there, health not. Stewart played through a sprained MCL as others couldn’t fill the gap, and Phoenix routed NY 86-60 to force a winner-take-all Game 3 in Phoenix Friday #sports

Even Breanna Stewart’s grit couldn’t stop Liberty from letting golden chance slip away

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