Liberty's Stewart to put knee to test in Game 2

NEW YORK -- New York Liberty prima Breanna Stewart said she plans to play Wednesday nighttime successful Game 2 of the Liberty's first-round WNBA playoff bid against the Phoenix Mercury aft injuring her genu during Game 1 connected Sunday.

"They told maine that structurally, everything looks OK," Stewart said during Wednesday greeting shootaround astatine Barclays Center. "So my program is to go."

Stewart crumpled to the level and grabbed her near genu during overtime of Game 1. She near the crippled with 2:07 remaining and did not return.

"What I felt successful the infinitesimal frightened maine much than anything," the two-time WNBA MVP said. "I'm precise blessed to person gotten my MRI results backmost and cognize that it's thing I tin play through."

With a triumph Wednesday, the fifth-seeded Liberty beforehand to the semifinals, wherever they play the victor of the Minnesota Lynx-Golden State Valkyries series. A nonaccomplishment sends the best-of-three bid backmost to Phoenix.

Stewart had 18 points, six rebounds and 4 assists successful Game 1, a 76-69 Liberty triumph successful OT.

Stewart leads the Liberty successful points per crippled (18.3), blocks per crippled (1.4) and steals per crippled (1.4). She is 2nd successful rebounding with 6.6 per game.

"That's a pugnacious motherf-er," Liberty defender Natasha Cloud said. "That's 1 of our engines down the team. So it's a immense alleviation for us."