Breanna Stewart won her second MVP award after a career-best scoring season in her first season with the New York Liberty, the league announced Tuesday. She edged out Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas, who made triple-double history, and Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson, who won the 2022 award.
the Atlanta Dream in August and did it while making only one 3-pointer. It was only the third 50-point game in WNBA history, joining Liz Cambage in 2018 and Riquna Williams in 2013. Las Vegas remained the league's best offense and improved from an average defense to best in the WNBA . Its 15.38 rating came within two hundredths of the 2019 Mystics team and close to the Houston Comets teams of the inaugural years.
The two-time champion with the Seattle Storm signed with the Liberty in free agency, immediately turning the franchise from a lower-seed playoff contender to a title favorite. She led New York to a No. 2 seed in her first season in town with a second-best offense and the best defense over the last half of the season.
Joining them early in the MVP conversation was Thomas, viewed by many voters as the most valuable to her team. The Sun traded 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones to the Liberty and gained head coach Stephanie White after. Weeks into the season, and a new offensive system, the team lost center Brionna Jones to a season-ending Achilles injury. Thomas, 31, took over and played mostly at the 5, while running point and doing it all with two torn labrums.
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