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- Reigning WNBA MVP will likely miss entire 2019 season
- Stewart, 24, suffered torn achilles in Euroleague title game
- Seattle Storm star expected to make full recovery for 2020
Breanna Stewart, the Most Valuable Player of the WNBA regular season and finals in 2018, is expected to miss the upcoming season after suffering a ruptured achilles tendon in her right leg during Sunday’s Euroleague Women championship game.
The Seattle Storm star was playing for Dynamo Kursk when she took a jumper with 27.2 seconds left in the first half against UMMC Ekaterinburg. Stewart appeared to land awkwardly on the foot of fellow WNBA standout Brittney Griner, who was defending her, and Stewart immediately grabbed at her lower right leg while grimacing in obvious pain.
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