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Breanna Stewart scored 42 points in New York's 100-89 victory over the Indiana Fever on Sunday, becoming the first player in WNBA history with three 40-point games in a season. The record performance featured 30 points in the first 20 minutes — which is tied for the most points in a WNBA half.
The 28-year-old was expected to make an immediate impact on the New York Liberty when she joined the team during free agency, and she keeps delivering. Her record scoring was accompanied by six rebounds, six assists, three steals and three blocks.
The win marked the Liberty's sixth straight victory. It improved the team's record to 24-6 and set a franchise record for wins.
The showing likely replicated a familiar feeling for Fever fans, who watched Stewart set the Liberty's single-game scoring record in a 45-point performance against the Fever in May. The WNBA record for points in a game is 53, set by Liz Cambage when she played for the Dallas Wings in 2018.
On Sunday, the Liberty were also powered by Jonquel Jones' 15-point, 12-rebound double-double and Courtney Vandersloot's season-high 14 assists. With 10 points on 2-of-5 shooting from 3-point range, Sabrina Ionescu joined Kelsey Plum and Diana Taurasi as the only WNBA players to have 100 three-pointers in a season.
Indiana was led by Kelsey Mitchell and Erica Wheeler who scored 22 and 21 points, respectively. Rookie forward Aliyah Boston notched 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Boston also had two blocks, continuing to be a presence in the paint with highlight plays like one against Jones, the 2021 MVP:
Next, the Liberty will face the Las Vegas Aces in the Commissioner's Cup Championship at Michelob ULTRA Arena on Tuesday in Vegas.
Aces star A'ja Wilson joined Stewart as a unanimous All-WNBA first-team selection last season as each led their teams as rival All-Star captains last month. The Liberty are 1-1 against the reigning champion Aces this season.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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