Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury star, returned to the WNBA court on Friday night after being detained in Russia for drug charges in February last year. This was her first competitive basketball game in the league after a gap of 572 days. Although Griner's team, Mercury, lost to Los Angeles Sparks 90-71, Griner scored 10 points and added three rebounds. According to the Associated Press, Griner conceded she had a lot of work to do to get back to her old self. Griner had to spend almost ten months in detention in Russia before the United States negotiated her release alongside its other detained citizens. Since then, Griner has been working on a memoir that covers her arrest and imprisonment. The 6-foot-9 Griner quickly got on the scoreboard in the opening minutes with a two-point shot and went on to have a solid game overall. Her WNBA career performances have been impressive, with an average of 17.7 points and 7.6 rebounds in nine seasons.