Breanna Stewart earned the WNBA’s MVP award for the second time in her career Tuesday in a very close race. There were only 13 points separating Stewart from second-place finisher Alyssa Thomas of Connecticut and last year’s MVP A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas.
New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart, center, drives to basket against Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas on Sept. 24, 2023, in New York.
The 13 points separating Stewart and Wilson represent the smallest margin between first- and third-place vote-getters for MVP in WNBA history, surpassing the 45-point difference in 2013 between Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne.“It hurt like hell, it really did,” Wilson said of not being named MVP. “But it’s all part of the game.”
“The competitive camaraderie that we have with one and another, but also the way we’re continuing to show excellence in different ways and be the conversation, that’s the way the league needs to go,” Stewart said. “Have people watching different players and making sure they see greatness on all different levels.”
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