ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers has been dominated out of a rematch with the New York Liberty because of a again damage that required remedy in the course of the first assembly three days earlier.
Bueckers will not play Friday night time in Texas after being listed as questionable the day earlier than the sport. Throughout the second half of an 85-76 loss in New York on Tuesday, Bueckers went to the locker room for remedy. She returned to the bench and performed within the fourth quarter.
The No. 1 general choose on this 12 months’s draft mentioned after Tuesday’s sport she felt tightness whereas dribbling and thinks she has a pulled muscle in her again.
It will likely be the seventh sport Bueckers has missed. She was out 4 video games early within the season, the primary three because of a concussion earlier than an sickness sidelined her after she cleared concussion protocol.
Bueckers – the overwhelming favourite to win WNBA Rookie of the Yr, based on – has been sidelined twice for relaxation, each occasions when the Wings had been taking part in on consecutive nights.
The three-time Related Press All-American from UConn leads all rookies in scoring (15 factors per sport) and assists (5.4), however the Wings entered the assembly with the Liberty tied with Chicago for the second-worst document within the league.
