NEW YORK — The first thing Breanna Stewart noted two hours ahead of tipoff Tuesday was the New York Liberty would need to keep their emotions in check to close out their opening-round series against the better-than-seeded Washington Mystics.
How prescient that would be for the No. 2 seed.
“It definitely got spicy, you know?” Stewart said after the Liberty needed overtime to reach the semifinals with a 90-85 victory in Game 2 at Barclays Center.
New York struggled to move the ball around and every bucket felt difficult, point guard Courtney Vandersloot said.