BRADENTON, Fla. – Breanna Stewart scored 37 points, including 11 to start the fourth quarter, to help the Seattle Storm beat the Las Vegas Aces 93-80 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night.Jewell Loyd added 28 points and Sue Bird had a WNBA playoff-record 16 assists.
Bird had 10 assists in the first half to also break that playoff record. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Sunday.Stewart added 15 rebounds and four blocks.