It’s not even time to go back, it’s for Helena Delle Donn the new stop arrived due to physical problems.
Star Washington mysticswho returned just 3 days ago and just 11 minutes in a win over Indiana Fever after 5 weeks away, blamedanother injury your season this time on the thighAND didn’t play in KO 94-87 at home vs. shots Dallas Wings.
For Delle Donn it was 17th absence in a 32-game seasonthe first injury happened before the All-Star break, Left ankle sprain, received July 9th. last. Without EDD, the Mystics ended their 2-win streak and dropped to seventh place in the standings ahead of the playoffs. After playing with Dallas coach Eric Thiebaud did not want to give the exact timing of the return of his star, which is not an encouraging sign: “Now he has a hip problem, we don’t have a set recovery time. Luckily my ankle is fine.“.
The only bright spot for Washington was return to another well-wounded girl, Ariel Atkins which has stood still since mid-July, for her only 16 minutes, but 13 points on 5 reboundsproof that it is not filed along with Natasha Cloud’s 22 points against Arike Ogunbowale (17 points) and Teira McCowan with 15 points and 13 rebounds. against the wings did not play Shakira Austinthat was returned in turn after 2 months of stopping against fever.
injury they were one constantunfortunately some the last 3 years of Elena Delle Donne’s careerWNBA MVP in 2019. 2021 just played 3 matches before stopping due to a back problem and subsequent surgery, here last year attendance was 25 and with controlled playing time already two-thirds of the season, and this year the player has not yet been able to consistently enter the field. Feel sorry for the athlete who can still travel 21.8 points with over 7 rebounds and 39% three-pointers in a season.
At the end of the regular season, Washington still had 8 games left, a playoff spot almost guaranteed, but finishing seventh would have meant a first-round game against the New York Liberty, the strongest team of the season along with the Las. The Vegas Aces, and are currently the most in shape along with Dallas in the league.