New York Liberty middle Jonquel Jones will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a proper ankle sprain, the group introduced on Saturday evening.
The damage occurred on the 8:35 mark of the second quarter in Thursday evening’s 89-81 loss to the Phoenix Mercury, the membership’s first residence lack of the season. Jones, 31, had beforehand sprained the ankle on June 5, in an 86-78 win over the Washington Mystics.
After additional imaging and analysis, Jonquel prevented long-term damage, the group mentioned in an announcement. However she’s nonetheless going through a restoration that my take her WNBA All-Star weekend, which is July 18-19.
On the time of the damage, Jones, the league MVP in 2021 and Finals MVP in 2024, ranked second within the WNBA with 9.6 rebounds per sport and in addition averaged 12.1 factors and a couple of.3 assists for the reigning champions.
The Liberty uncharacteristically struggled in opposition to the Mercury following Jones’ departure. New York was outrebounded 42-32 and had 20 complete turnovers.
“Clearly we’re not pleased with the best way we performed, we should always have been a bit of bit extra aggressive in that first half and generated some vitality,” New York coach Sandy Brondello mentioned. “No excuses for the best way we performed.”
The Liberty will start a four-game highway journey on Sunday in opposition to the Seattle Storm.