Brittney Griner set them up at WNBA All-Star Game. Jewell Loyd knocked them down.
in Las Vegas. Loyd set an All-Star Game scoring record in the process while securing MVP honors.
Griner, playing in her first All-Star game since missing last season while detained in Russia, scored the first six points for Team Stewart. Loyd then connected on the game's first 4-pointer to extend Team Stewart's lead to 10-4 in a sign of things to come. Team Wilson would never retake the lead. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury, finished with 18 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in her eighth All-Star appearance. Loyd, a Seattle Storm guard and the WNBA's leading scorer , led the scoring effort with an All-Star Game record 31 points alongside 6 assists and 4 rebounds.
Team Stewart kept on the gas with a transition dunk from Griner late in the first quarter to extend its edge to 23-16.
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