The Lynx might be forced to play in Saturday's season opener against Chicago at Target Center without two starters.
Seimone Augustus ruled out of Lynx opener Saturday; Karima Christmas-Kelly questionable
May 25, 2019 at 3:02AM
Guard Seimone Augustus and forward Karima Christmas-Kelly are battling knee soreness. Augustus has been ruled out of Saturday's game. Christmas-Kelly is questionable.
"In Karima's case it was expected," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. "When you're coming off microfracture surgery — and she's less than a year from her surgery — it just needs a little more time to feel better."
The 29-year-old Christmas-Kelly had the surgery on her right knee last summer, after trying to play early in the season for Dallas. She was signed by the Lynx as a free agent during the offseason.
Reeve said Augustus has dealing with the knee soreness she has battled off-and-on for much of her career. "We're working through resolutions for her," Reeve said.
Both players are considered day-to-day.
If both are unavailable the Lynx starting lineup would be rookie Napheesa Collier, Odyssey Sims, Danielle Robinson, Sylvia Fowles and Damiris Dantas.
Napheesa Collier of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx took home $200,000 on Friday after she beat Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards in the final of Unrivaled's 1-on-1 tournament.
