Nika myth should be dumped

[Dixiedog]

Vote for Nika as best senior national team debut, FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers First Round, her stats for 1st qualifier against Greece 21 ; 21 PTS; 7 AST; 2 REB. Use this link:

Instant impact: Who had the best national team debut?

Also prayers that her injury is minor, for those unaware, she went down in pain at about 1:30 in the 4th qtr. It appeared to be an ankle injury ( bring back those infamous black ankle braces). You could see the anguish/frustration/pain on her face as no doubt her immediate thoughts were - not again! She was in high spirits after the win though, as she was piggy back on a supportive teammate going through the hand shake line and high fiving and celebrating the win with her teammates. Their next game is Saturday 11/15 (7:00am our time) hopefully she will be back on the court 🙏.

 

[Dixiedog]

Vote for Nika as best senior national team debut, FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers First Round, her stats for 1st qualifier against Greece 21 ; 21 PTS; 7 AST; 2 REB. Use this link:

Also prayers that her injury is minor, for those unaware, she went down in pain at about 1:30 in the 4th qtr. It appeared to be an ankle injury ( bring back those infamous black ankle braces). You could see the anguish/frustration/pain on her face as no doubt her immediate thoughts were - not again! She was in high spirits after the win though, as she was piggy back on a supportive teammate going through the hand shake line and high fiving and celebrating the win with her teammates. Their next game is Saturday 11/15 (7:00am our time) hopefully she will be back on the court 🙏.
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Actually I was mistaken her next game may be at noon tomorrow (18:00 CET)

 

[Bigboote]

Thanks to Huskee and WBBZen -- I was looking for Eurobasket instead of FIBA. I should be old enough to know the difference. . .😖

 

[Ozimoto]

Nika has had so many ankle injuries that I am concerned she will eventually need surgery. 🙁

Hope I'm wrong...

 

[MSGRET]

Nika has had so many ankle injuries that I am concerned she will eventually need surgery. 🙁

Hope I'm wrong...

Didn't she have surgery after the loss to Arizona in the Final Four?

 

[Huskee11]

Croatia is playing Denmark today. Nika is not playing although she is there at the end of the bench in "street clothes".

I can't discern much. That she is there makes me think (hope) that the worst possibilities are off the table. The game is being broadcast as a live feed but there are no announcers to provide info.

The info out there such as it is refer to it as an ankle injury without further elaboration.

Addendum: after the game she walked out on the court to join her teammates at mid court with a cane, not crutches, and only a slight limp and was not relying heavily on the cane. No cast, no boot. They lost, remaining game is against that powerhouse from North Macedonia.