Lynx guard Aerial Powers has thumb surgery, will miss 8-10 weeks

The veteran guard could return before the end of the WNBA season.

June 19, 2021 at 5:26AM
Aerial Powers of the Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks guard Te’a Cooper (2) raced for a loose ball Saturday. (Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lynx guard Aerial Powers had surgery Friday morning to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in her right thumb, which was injured during the team's victory over Los Angeles Saturday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Sanjeev Kakar at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and is expected to keep Powers sidelined eight to 10 weeks.

Ten weeks would mean Powers would be out until late August. But, because of the summer Olympic games – and the month-long break the WNBA is taking during that time – Powers could still return with regular season games left on the schedule. The Lynx begin their final stretch of eight regular season games on Aug. 31.

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