Dallas Wings had high expectations for 2024, but injuries have them at bottom of WNBA standings
FILE - Dallas Wings' Arike Ogunbowale instructs teammates during a WNBA basketball game against the Minnesota Lynx in Arlington, Texas, June 27, 2024. The Wings were coming off their most successful season in Texas, with All-Star starters Satou Sabally and Ogunbowale among the core back from a team that made the WNBA semifinals. Sabally got hurt even before the season, the first of numerous injuries that have clipped the Wings, who are now just trying to hold on until the Olympic break. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tony Gutierrez]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings were coming off their best season since moving to Texas eight years ago, and their most wins since the franchise’s last WNBA title in 2008. They were returning All-Star players Satou Sabally and Arike Ogunbowale and standout defender Natasha Howard from a 22-win team that made the WNBA semifinals. Instead of being able to build off that, the injury-plagued Wings are 4-15. Sabally hasn’t even played because of a shoulder injury, Howard missed 12 games with a broken foot and flourishing second-year guard Maddy Siegrist broke her left index finger two weeks ago. The Wings have lost 13 of their last 14 games.
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FILE - Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally, center, watches play against the Minnesota Lynx in a WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas, June 27, 2024. The Wings were coming off their most successful season in Texas, with All-Star starters Sabally and Arike Ogunbowale among the core back from a team that made the WNBA semifinals. Sabally got hurt even before the season, the first of numerous injuries that have clipped the Wings, who are now just trying to hold on until the Olympic break. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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