RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sue Bird has a knee capsule sprain and the U.S. women's basketball team's point guard and captain is day-to-day.
An MRI Wednesday showed the sprain, which was good news to Bird.
Bird said in a statement through USA Basketball that, "Obviously I felt a huge relief." She added the hardest part was waiting and not knowing and was incredibly relieved to get the news.
The 35-year-old was hurt with 6:33 left in the second quarter of Tuesday night's 110-64 win over Japan in the quarterfinals. She sat out the second half of the game.