The New York Liberty are finally getting healthy and hope to make a run at getting at least a top four seed and homecourt advantage for the first round of the playoffs .

The defending champions have been beset by injuries this season with stars Jonquel Jones and Breanna Stewart both missing extended time. Now the team is almost completely healthy heading into the stretch run.

Stewart returned Monday after a 13-game absence to recover from a bone bruise in her right knee. The Liberty held off Connecticut 81-79 .

This season the Liberty have gone 10-0 when Stewart, Jones and Sabrina Ionescu have all played and finished a game. The defending champions are 13-15 when they don't.

“Someone was talking about it, and it was like, ‘Wait, that’s crazy,’” Ionescu said. “It’s just been tough f

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