Lynx's Carrington out for playoffs with foot sprain

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Lynx defender DiJonai Carrington volition miss the remainder of the postseason aft tests revealed she suffered a "significant mid-foot sprain," the squad announced Saturday.

An MRI exam confirmed the sprain aft Carrington primitively was ruled retired for Game 1 of the Lynx's WNBA semifinals bid against the Phoenix Mercury connected Sunday.

Carrington appeared to person injured her ft precocious successful Game 2 of the first-round bid against the Golden State Valkyries. She was seen wearing a footwear and walking with crutches Friday astatine teammate Alanna Smith's quality league for her Defensive Player of the Year award.

Without Carrington, Minnesota's seat loses a large two-way punch. In some games of the first-round bid against the Valkyries, Carrington provided the squad with an violative burst, scoring six points successful Game 1 and 11 successful Game 2, and besides defended Golden State's apical defender connected the court.

Carrington averaged 8.6 points successful her 11 regular-season games with the Lynx, and she changeable 48.5% wide and deed 45.5% from the 3-point arc successful those games, some vocation highs. She missed the past 4 games of the regular play with a enarthrosis injury.