Wings rookie Paige Bueckers out vs. Mystics with knee difficulty

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Wings standout rookie Paige Bueckers has been dominated out of Saturday evening’s dwelling recreation towards Washington due to a proper knee difficulty.

Bueckers confirmed up on the crew’s recreation standing report Saturday. There have been no particulars about what the precise difficulty was a day after she scored 27 factors and had six assists whereas taking part in almost 36½ minutes within the Wings’ 94-86 loss to the Indiana Fever.

It will likely be the fifth recreation missed by the No. 1 choose on this yr’s draft. Bueckers was sidelined three video games whereas within the WNBA’s concussion protocol after which sat out due to sickness the primary recreation she was eligible to return.

In her 13 video games performed, Bueckers has averaged 18.4 factors, 5.8 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

Caitlin Clark, final yr’s WNBA Rookie of the 12 months, did not play for the Fever on Friday evening, lacking her second consecutive recreation due to a left groin harm. That spoiled what was imagined to be the primary assembly of the previous two No. 1 picks within the draft, although the 20,000-seat American Airways Middle was nonetheless almost full for the sport.