On Friday, Brittney Griner played in her first WNBA game for the Mercury since returning to the United States after being held in a Russian prison for most of last year. Although the veteran forward enjoyed a solid performance, the highlight for her may have come before tipoff.
Griner explained that she felt many emotions while hearing the national anthem before the preseason game in a way that she didn’t feel prior to her experience in Russia.
“Hearing the national anthem, it definitely hit different,” Griner said, via CNN. “It’s like when you go for the Olympics, you’re sitting there, about to get gold put on your neck, the flags are going up and the anthem is playing, it just hits different. … Being here today … it means a lot.”
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