Minnesota Lynx star forward Napheesa Collier’s injury in the WNBA semifinals has been determined to be a Grade 2 tear of three ligaments in her left ankle as well as a muscle in her shin, ESPN reported Wednesday afternoon.

Collier injured her left ankle in the final seconds of Game 3 on Friday when no foul was called on the Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas, who stripped the ball from her and made a steal.

The Mercury won the game 84-76 and then eliminated the short-handed Lynx — who were without Collier and head coach Cheryl Reeve (suspended by the league for her conduct and comments about officiating regarding the play Collier got injured on) — in Game 4 on Sunday in Phoenix to advance to the WNBA Finals against the Las Vegas Aces.

Collier had said Tuesday that she would not have been a

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