SAN FRANCISCO — As Monique Billings walked from the scores table to the floor on Tuesday night, she was welcomed by a roar that shook Chase Center.

It was the kind usually reserved for buzzer beaters or playoff wins, only this time, it was for a player the Valkyries’ faithful couldn’t wait to see step back onto the court.

Billings missed the last 14 games with a right ankle sprain and made her debut in the Valkyries’ 66-58 win over the New York Liberty on Tuesday. The 29-year-old center looked rusty in her return, hitting one of her seven shot attempts in 20 minutes of action.

But her presence on the court couldn’t be measured by what was on the stat sheet.

“Mo has just been working her butt off to get back to being able to be out there on the court with us, and I know it’s been killin

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