{"id":508065,"date":"2026-03-01T20:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508065\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:39:10","slug":"wnba-star-aliyah-boston-sidelined-by-injury-misses-3-on-3-league-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508065\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Aliyah Boston Sidelined by Injury, Misses 3-on-3 League Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772392615336.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston will be absent from the Unrivaled league playoffs after suffering a lower leg injury. The 24-year-old was recently honored as the league&#8217;s top defensive player before the setback.\n        <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772392615336.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29895\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever star Aliyah Boston will be absent from the Unrivaled league playoffs after sustaining an injury to her right lower leg, league officials confirmed Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old forward had an outstanding season in the 3-on-3 basketball league, earning Defensive Player of the Year honors just one day before the injury announcement. Boston posted impressive numbers throughout the season, scoring 18.9 points per game while pulling down 9.7 rebounds and recording 2.1 blocks across 14 contests. Her stellar performance also earned her a spot on the league\u2019s second-team all-star roster.<\/p>\n<p>Boston\u2019s team, Phantom BC, enters the playoffs as the number one seed with an 11-3 record. They\u2019re scheduled to take on sixth-seeded Vinyl, who finished 5-9, in Monday\u2019s semifinal matchup in Brooklyn, New York. The victorious team will advance to Wednesday evening\u2019s championship contest.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina product was selected first overall in the 2023 WNBA Draft and has established herself as one of the league\u2019s premier players. During the 2025 WNBA season, the three-time All-Star contributed 15.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while starting all 44 contests for Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>                    More from TV Delmarva Channel 33 News<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"gm-sec-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finedayradio.com\/news\/tv-delmarva-channel-33\/european-union-urges-restraint-as-iran-conflict-escalates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gm-sec-img \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772397088163.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n            European Union Urges Restraint as Iran Conflict Escalates<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gm-sec-description\">\n                    All 27 European Union member nations issued a joint statement Sunday demanding maximum restraint and respect for international law amid escalating military strikes between Iran, the United States, and Israel. 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Energy experts warn that disruptions to shipping through the critical Strait of Hormuz could drive oil and gas prices significantly higher for consumers.\n                <\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"gm-sec-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finedayradio.com\/news\/tv-delmarva-channel-33\/three-american-service-members-die-in-iran-military-operations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gm-sec-img \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772397081793.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n            Three American Service Members Die in Iran Military Operations<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gm-sec-description\">\n                    The U.S. military confirmed Sunday that three American troops were killed and five others seriously injured during military operations involving Iran. U.S. Central Command called the situation fluid while Iranian forces have launched retaliatory strikes against American bases.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston will be absent from the Unrivaled league playoffs after suffering a lower leg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[194919,194920,49,48,194913,194921,194915,194916,194914,194917,82,194918,630],"class_list":["post-508065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-102-3","tag-102-3fm","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fine-day","tag-fine-day-102-3","tag-fine-day-fm","tag-fine-day-media","tag-fine-day-radio","tag-have-a-fine-day","tag-sports","tag-weller-radio","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}