Jonquel Jones averted a long-term damage prognosis, however the Liberty will nonetheless be with out her for a minimum of a month.
The workforce confirmed that Saturday after saying the star suffered a proper ankle sprain within the second quarter of Thursday’s loss to the Phoenix Mercury. The workforce expects Jones to return to motion in 4-6 weeks.
Jones, who beforehand missed two video games attributable to an damage to the identical ankle, is now projected to overlook a minimum of 9 extra. A return after six weeks tasks her to overlook 15 video games with a goal date to go well with up towards the Connecticut Solar on Aug. 3 — about 5 weeks earlier than the beginning of the postseason.
Jones sustained the damage after touchdown on Mercury guard Sami Whitcomb’s foot on a shot try on the 8:35 mark of the second quarter on Thursday. Jones fell to the ground in ache earlier than being helped up and later limped to the locker room.
The massive exited Barclays Heart that evening in a strolling boot and stayed in New York Friday to endure additional imaging and analysis whereas the workforce traveled to Seattle to start a four-game roadtrip.
Jones’ preliminary damage to the appropriate ankle this season occurred in a June 5 matchup towards the Washington Mystics. Nyara Sabally began instead of Jones within the following two video games the star missed.
Count on Sabally to re-enter the beginning lineup as soon as once more in Jones’ absence.
The Liberty now are lucky Sabally determined to skip this yr’s Eurobasket. The workforce anticipated for each Leonie Fiebich and Sabally to signify the German Nationwide Crew this summer time, however Sabally determined to remain in New York, citing the necessity to prioritize correct rehabilitation of her knee.
Sabally missed six of the Liberty’s first eight video games of the season because of the knee damage. The busy WNBA schedule coinciding with Eurobasket play could not have been a correct workload for the German’s knee.
Sabally — together with reserve Isabelle Harrison — will now work to interchange Jones’ 12.1 factors and 9.6 rebounds per sport.
