Brittney Griner did not play for the Phoenix Mercury in their first game in Washington since returning from her imprisonment in Russia.
when Russian authorities saying Griner carried vape canisters with cannabis oil into the country.
“We’re all grateful and happy that she’s back," Mystics center Shakira Austin said."I don’t think the love, really, has stopped. I hope she feels it.” “With an injury report , we knew that there’s a good chance she wouldn’t play,” Mystics coach Eric Thibault said. “She makes a difference, for sure. There’s things you have to do for her that you don’t have to do for other players, so that’s obviously a difference.”
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