NEW YORK — It was a block party for Breanna Stewart’s MVP celebration and none of her five was more deafening inside Barclays Center than her last one late in the third quarter. It drew MVP chants from the sold-out crowd of 10,000 fans that were, to that point, the loudest of the night.
When the New York Liberty fans had dispersed from Barclays, an 84-77 victory in hand that tied the WNBA semifinals series against the Connecticut Sun, 1-1, it drew a marveling from Stewart. Her five tied the franchise record for blocks in a playoff game and the stat-stuffing performance capped a long, emotional day in Brooklyn for both sides of the series.