“And I felt like this year, especially in Game 3, when Leonie went down, it was like, of course she did,” Kolb mentioned Thursday when talking in regards to the Liberty‘s perseverance in 2025 regardless of varied accidents.
The crew battled by means of Jonquel Jones’ (ankle) monthlong absence in addition to Stewart’s (bone bruise) 13-game absence. Stewart received harm once more in Recreation 1 of the first-round sequence after struggling a sprained MCL.
Nyara Sabally missed vital time and different key gamers have been sidelined attributable to harm within the common season as effectively: Natasha Cloud, Sabrina Ionescu, Kennedy Burke and Isabelle Harrison.
“She was the one that hadn’t,” Kolb mentioned of Fiebich.
Fiebich apparently suffered the fracture simply minutes into the sport after Mercury star Kahleah Copper rose for a layup over Fiebich and inadvertently kneed the Liberty starter’s midsection.
Play continued after Copper missed the layup however later stopped because the ball went out of bounds. Fiebich stayed on the hardwood in ache earlier than Cloud helped her off the ground.
The GM mentioned she joined Fiebich within the coaching room because the star underwent X-rays.
As Kolb waited for the doctor to tell him that Fiebich could be dominated out of Recreation 3, the GM observed the ahead again on the ESPN telecast.
“I’m waiting for the next sentence to be ‘and she’s out for the game,’ and I’m watching on TV, and Leo is checking into the basketball game, because that’s who she is,” Kolb mentioned of Fiebich, who returned earlier than the tip of the primary interval and completed with three factors in 28 minutes.
Kolb later added he has no well being updates on Fiebich or different Liberty gamers who suffered accidents.
