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Elena Delle Donne will not return to Game 2 of the WNBA Finals:
Delle Donne - back spasms - will not return.
— Washington Mystics (@WashMystics) October 2, 2019
The original post is below.
Some bad news to share in Game 2 of the 2019 WNBA Finals. Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne was injured in the first quarter of the game where she was quickly replaced by Emma Meesseman.
Delle Donne has left the floor with an apparent injury early in the first quarter. No updates as of yet.
— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) October 2, 2019
According to Ava Wallace of The Washington Post, Delle Donne suffered back spasms and is questionable to return.
Elena Delle Donne is having back spasms and is questionable to return, per team.
— Ava Wallace (@avarwallace) October 2, 2019
The Mystics finished the first quarter with a 29-17 deficit. If there’s a time for Meesseman to get into “Belgian Cat” or “Playoff Emma” mode, it’s now!
We’ll update this post if anything different comes about.