Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve on Thursday announced to the media after practice that star center Sylvia Fowles will be out for Friday’s home game against the Washington Mystics with a right knee injury.
“She injured it in the New York game, unfortunately. She had an MRI when we got back yesterday,” Reeve said today. “She’s had a little bit of swelling. It’s an acute situation in this case.”
Since Reeve spoke with the media around 2 PM central time, the Lynx listed her as OUT on the status report for tomorrow’s game with a right knee injury, and have released an update diagnosing the injury as a “cartilage injury in her right knee.