Brittney Griner delivers an emphatic message — ‘I’m back’ — despite a loss to the Chicago Sky in her return to Phoenix
PHOENIX — Before Brittney Griner’s first 3-pointer in nearly two years splashed through the net at the Footprint Center, the crowd had already launched to its feet. The ball snapped through the net. The eruption that followed was a celebration of more than just a basket, capturing both the joy and relief of the WNBA star’s return to Phoenix. Griner absorbed praise from each of her teammates ...
PHOENIX — Before Brittney Griner’s first 3-pointer in nearly two years splashed through the net at the Footprint Center, the crowd had already launched to its feet.
The ball snapped through the net. The eruption that followed was a celebration of more than just a basket, capturing both the joy and relief of the WNBA star’s return to Phoenix.
Griner absorbed praise from each of her teammates before she turned to the crowd, pounded her chest twice and roared a message she had waited 597 days to deliver: “I’m back.”
In her first regular-season game back in Phoenix since her wrongful detention in Russia, Griner didn’t waste time reintroducing herself. She scored the first points of the game on the opening play Sunday against the Chicago
