Holdsclaw Injures Ankle; Stiles Out

Chamique Holdsclaw was on crutches in the Washington Mystics’ locker room.

Over on the Portland Fire’s side, Jackie Stiles, placed on injured reserve before the game, was hobbling around in a walking cast; and DeMya Walker was with a dentist.

Holdsclaw, the WNBA’s leading scorer and rebounder, suffered a high ankle sprain when her leg was pinned under Walker while the two battled under the basket during the first half of the Fire’s 72-66 victory before 6,761 fans Friday at Portland, Ore.

“It looks like it’s not too serious,” Mystic Coach Marianne Stanley said of Holdsclaw’s injury. “Right now I really don’t know what the status is, so we’ll probably have it re-X-rayed.”

Stiles, last season’s WNBA rookie of the year, faces possible season-ending surgery because of bursitis in her right heel. Walker left the game with a minute remaining when her face collided with the knee of Washington’s Murriel Page.

Portland improved to 6-8. Washington is 10-4.

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