{"id":171712,"date":"2025-09-21T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T11:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/171712\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T11:43:14","slug":"dijonai-carrington-ruled-out-for-season-with-foot-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/171712\/","title":{"rendered":"DiJonai Carrington ruled out for season with foot injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

After suffering a left foot sprain in the first round of the WNBA playoffs, Lynx guard DiJonai Carrington has been ruled out for the remainder of the season, the team announced Saturday night. <\/p>\n

Carrington left in the fourth quarter of the Lynx\u2019s 75-74 victory over Golden State in Game 2<\/a> on Wednesday night in San Jose, Calif., and did not return. At a Friday news conference honoring Alanna Smith\u2019s selection as Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Carrington wore a walking boot on her left foot and entered on crutches.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter undergoing an MRI, Carrington was evaluated by team physician Dr. Elena Jelsing at Mayo Clinic Square, where a significant mid-foot sprain was confirmed,\u201d the team said in announcing the news Saturday.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Carrington had been ruled out of Game 1 of the Lynx\u2019s second round playoff series against Phoenix, slated for 4 p.m. Sunday at Target Center.<\/p>\n

The Lynx traded for the 5-foot-11 guard on Aug. 3<\/a>, adding 2024\u2019s Most Improved Player in exchange for moving Diamond Miller, Karlie Samuelson and a 2027 second-round pick to the Dallas Wings. Carrington brought defensive intensity and postseason experience to the Lynx, having appeared in the 2022 WNBA Finals with the Connecticut Sun, followed by back-to-back semifinals appearances.<\/p>\n

Carrington averaged 8.6 points. 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 16.6 minutes off the bench in 11 regular-season games for the Lynx, having missed the final four games because of a lingering shoulder injury before returning for Game 1 of the playoffs against the Valkyries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After suffering a left foot sprain in the first round of the WNBA playoffs, Lynx guard DiJonai Carrington…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-171712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}