Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks, the second straight game she will miss because of a plantar fasciitis condition in her left foot.
Collier, who also sat out Saturday’s 74-67 win over the Washington Mystics, has dealt with plantar fasciitis since her college career at UConn. She limped off the court Thursday against the Connecticut Sun after feeling discomfort in her foot late in the third quarter.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, who is also Collier’s coach on the U.S. Olympic team, said Saturday that a potential return for Collier will be weighed against guarding her readiness for the Olympics.
“It’s certainly on our minds. There’s no way I’m going to sit here and say we aren’t considering that,” Reeve said Saturday. “The situation she’s in, it’s best for us to just kind of take it day by day.”
After Tuesday’s game, the Lynx have three games remaining before the break for the July 20 All-Star Game in Phoenix, where Collier is scheduled to play for Team USA vs. Team WNBA. That’s followed by the Paris Games, which start July 26.
Collier, who was on the All-WNBA first team last season, is averaging 20.0 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists this year. Earlier in June, she was named to her second 5-on-5 Olympic…
