Brittney Griner made an emphatic and emotional return to the WNBA’s mid-season showcase event.
She scored 18 points, including her team's first six and put down two dunks in the league's All-Star Game on Saturday night.
Griner led Team Stewart, captained by the New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart, to a 143-127 over Team Wilson, led by the Aces' A'ja Wilson. The 143 points and 270 combined points are All-Star Game records. Plum actually tied her own record with 30 points, one of four Aces competing for Team Wilson, who received loud ovations from the home crowd in pregame introductions. Plum, who also had five assists, said sponsors pledged that for each basket and assist, $1,000 would be donated to a Las Vegas charity.Griner at this time last year was being held in Russia on drug charges, sparking international outrage that she was being wrongfully held.
“I called my knees and talked to them and gave them a little pep talk,” the 32-year-old Griner said of her dunks. At the first media timeout, Griner was shown on the video board as she sat on the bench with the words, “WELCOME BACK BRITTNEY GRINER” on the screen below her face.
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