M.A. Voepel, ESPN.com
Seattle Storm safe Jewell Loyd, the WNBA’s eminent scorer this season, left Saturday’s 80-76 loss in opposition to the New York Liberty with a left ankle sprain within the fourth quarter.
Her situation for video games this coming pace at Washington and Atlanta, plus the All-Superstar Sport upcoming Saturday in Las Vegas, remainder to be viewable.
“It’s too early to determine what the prognosis is,” Seattle lecturer Noelle Quinn stated nearest the sport, including that Loyd gave the impression upbeat within the store room. “But our team continued to rally, even without Jewell in the game.”
Loyd had the ball when she rolled her ankle and went unwell at the court docket. The primary participant to succeed in her was once Brandnew York’s Breanna Stewart, a former teammate of Loyd’s in Seattle.
Loyd was once in a position to move gingerly to the store room and next returned to the bench. Averaging 24.9 issues consistent with recreation this season, Loyd had a difficult afternoon in opposition to the Self determination, going 3 of 17 from the garden and seven of seven from the foul sequence for 14 issues sooner than exiting the sport.
The Eleventh-place Hurricane (4-14) nonetheless driven the second-place Self determination (13-4) to the tip, outscoring them 22-20 within the fourth quarter. Sami Whitcomb led Seattle with 19 issues.
“Those moments are tough, obviously,” Whitcomb stated of Loyd’s trauma. “A lot of times it’s tough to snap back into it just because you’re feeling for your teammate. And when it’s someone like Jewell who carries a big load for us, it was a big blow.
“We wish to to find techniques to attain together with her off the court docket, or even if she’s at the court docket they usually give her such a lot consideration. We mentioned it in that future: Our best best friend was once getting to ball motion, atmosphere displays, making them paintings.”
Stewart, who signed with the Self determination this season as a distant agent, on Saturday picked Loyd for her All-Star squad, which is able to face a group decided on through the Las Vegas Aces‘ A’ja Wilson.
Loyd, the Negative. 1 draft select through Seattle in 2015 out of Notre Dame, has received two WNBA championships with the Hurricane and an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. group in 2021.
