Breanna Stewart, a two-time league MVP, missed a crucial free throw, then a game-tying layup in overtime while teammate Sabrina Ionescu struggled from the floor in New York’s Game 1 loss to the Lynx

Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty were left thinking about what could have been. The Liberty had an 18-point lead in the first half and an 11-point advantage with 3:23 left in regulation before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals slipped away and with it homecourt advantage in the best-of-five series.