ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers has been ruled out of a rematch with the New York Liberty due to a back injury that required treatment during the first meeting three days earlier.

Bueckers won’t play Friday night in Texas after being listed as questionable the day before the game. During the second half of an 85-76 loss in New York on Tuesday, Bueckers went to the locker room for treatment. She returned to the bench and played in the fourth quarter.

The No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft said after Tuesday’s game she felt tightness while dribbling and thinks she has a pulled muscle in her back.

It will be the seventh game Bueckers has missed. She was out four games early in the season, the first three due to a concussion before an illness sidelined her

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