The New York Liberty have insisted time and again this year, through all of their injuries and setbacks, that they have enough in their locker room to win big games.

While nothing is certain, it looks like that may be tested in a way nobody wanted to see.

Breanna Stewart suffered an apparent knee injury in overtime as the Liberty took down the Phoenix Mercury , 76-69, in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round series.

Though she initially stayed in the game, missing the and-1 free throw that came as a result of the play , she soon checked out and was visibly emotional on the bench. Expand Tweet

“She asked me to sub her out there, and she looked uncomfortable,” head coach Sandy Brondello said after the game. “We're just hoping she'll be okay.”

Brondello did not have any addit

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