Sabrina Ionescu's Ankle Injury: Impact on Team's Performance

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00:00Got a little banged up last night. I'm pretty sure I heard it was an ankle situation for

00:06Sabrina Inescu, but 19 points, five rebounds, three assists. She's one of four players that

00:11got in that double digit column. What'd you see out of her? And have you heard anything

00:14in terms of like what her injury may be and if that's going to hinder her come Sunday?

00:20Haven't heard anything about the injury. I think we'll get more on that tomorrow in terms

00:24of when the teams have availability. So to hear about that, I think she will be good

00:28to go. I think she will be able to go with some rest here. They might hold her in practice

00:33tomorrow. But in terms of her performance, listen, the Liberty, they had four of their

00:39starters in double figures. However, Sabrina Inescu, who's really been the engine for this

00:45team if you look at it through this postseason, she also did not shoot the ball well. Eight

00:50for 26 from the field. That's not the kind of game that you want to see from Sabrina

00:55Inescu. Now she had some big threes in the first half, looked in rhythm. So did Leonie

00:58Feebich. But Sabrina just, Sab just wasn't really able to get it going consistently.

01:04And another thing that you saw when you look at her, and she's going to have to adjust

01:07to this, Minnesota trapped her heavily in the second half particularly and tried to

01:11get the ball out of her hand. So somebody else is going to have to step up and be the

01:15playmaker. I would look for that to be Benajilini Hamilton. But I think Sab, you know, her shot

01:19was off too. So when you have a struggle in terms of shooting nights from Sabrina Inescu,

01:24from Stewie, that doesn't bode well from the Liberty. I know it looks good and they

01:28had four players in the starting lineup in double figures. That looks nice. But look

01:32at the shooting. Liberty only shot 37% in this game. After they started off this game

01:37shooting well, they were winning the three-point battle, but they went cold in the second half

01:41and that ended up hurting them. And it was disappointing on a night when they had 23

01:45second chance points and they dominated on the glass. You expect better offensively and

01:48to come out with a win.

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