Breanna Stewart, headline in game 2 against Mercury despite her knee injury

With a victory on Wednesday, Liberty would advance to the semifinals, where they would face the winner of the series between Lynx and Valkyries.

New York – Breanna Stewartstar of the New York Libertyhe started on Wednesday night in the second game of the series of First round of the WNBA playoffs against them Phoenix Mercurydespite injuring your knee during the first game on Sunday.

“They told me that, structurally, everything looks good,” Stewart said during Wednesday’s shooting practice at Barclays Center. “So my plan is to play.” Stewart added that a magnetic resonance revealed a sprain of medial collateral ligament (MCL).

Stewart collapsed on the floor and grabbed the left knee during the extension of the first game. He left the game with remaining 2:07 and did not return.

“What I felt at that time scared me more than anything,” said the WNBA MVP twice. “I am very happy to have received the results of my magnetic resonance and I know I can play.”

With a victory on Wednesday, Liberty, fifths standard, would advance to the semifinals, where the winner of the series between Minnesota Lynx and Golden State Valkyries would face. A defeat would send the series to the best of three back to Phoenix.

Stewart scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the first game, a victory by Liberty by 76-69 in extra time.

Stewart leads the Liberty at points per game (18,3), caps per game (1,4) and theft per game (1,4). It is second in rebounds with 6.6 per game.

“How hard!” Said the Base of Liberty, Natasha Cloud. “It is one of the engines of the team. So it is a great relief for us.”