{"id":631795,"date":"2026-05-08T23:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631795\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:29:10","slug":"final-injury-report-for-sun-liberty-will-sabrina-ionescu-aaliyah-edwards-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631795\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Sun-Liberty: Will Sabrina Ionescu, Aaliyah Edwards Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Liberty<\/a> are at home on Friday night as they host the Connecticut Sun<\/a> in their 2026 WNBA<\/a> season opener.<\/p>\n

New York enters Friday\u2019s game looking to start the season off strong after finishing with the fifth-best record in the league last season before losing in three games in the first round of the playoffs to the Phoenix Mercury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"ConnecticutConnecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers<\/a> tries to get past New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu.John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

On the other side, Connecticut enters Friday\u2019s contest looking to put last season behind them after they finished with the third-worst record in the WNBA.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to start off the 2026 season with a victory on Friday night, both squads may be without multiple key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

For the Sun, they have four players listed on their injury report for Friday\u2019s game, including star forward Aaliyah Edwards.<\/p>\n

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Connecticut Sun forward Aaliyah Edwards (8)<\/p>\n

Connecticut has ruled out Edwards due to a left thigh injury that also caused her to miss the final game of the preseason on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Sun<\/a> have also ruled out Shey Peddy due to a lower left leg injury while Leila Lacan and Nell Angloma are both not with the team due to overseas obligations.<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Liberty have five players listed on their injury report, including both Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally.<\/p>\n

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New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (20).\u00a9 Matt Krohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

New York has ruled out Ionescu due to a left foot injury that she suffered in Sunday\u2019s preseason finale and she is expected to miss at least two weeks with the injury.<\/p>\n

The Liberty have also ruled out Sabally due to an illness and reconditioning as she will miss the first game of the new season.<\/p>\n

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Former Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally (0)Mark J&period; Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Rebecca Allen has also been ruled out due to a left leg injury while Raquel Carrera and Leonie Fiebich are both not with the team due to overseas commitments.<\/p>\n

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Fans can catch Friday\u2019s matchup between the Sun and Liberty from New York at 7:30 p.m. ET on ION.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 8, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Liberty are at home on Friday night as they host the Connecticut Sun in their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[53534,4384,17580,27038,85475,436,273080,273079,5551,56955,3675,27041,16808,99354,99,1608,434],"class_list":["post-631795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aaliyah-edwards","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-injury-report","tag-leila-lacan","tag-leonie-fiebich","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-overseas-commitment","tag-overseas-obligations","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-rebecca-allen","tag-sabrina-ionescu","tag-saniya-rivers","tag-satou-sabally","tag-shey-peddy","tag-sports","tag-sun","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631795","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=631795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}