New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu leaves a preseason game against the Liberty’s opponents with an ankle injury, according to reports. Both outlets say Ionescu rolls her ankle during the team’s final preseason action and does not finish the game. As a result, her availability for New York’s 2026 season opener against the Connecticut Sun is now in question. One report characterizes her exit from the preseason win as an ankle injury that creates uncertainty about her status ahead of Friday’s matchup, while another says she is ruled out for the opener, citing information that her rolled ankle occurred in the final preseason game on Sunday. The conflicting framing in the reports reflects the evolving nature of injury updates as teams confirm and re-evaluate players’ conditions. The Liberty have not been described in the provided reports as issuing a final determination beyond the uncertainty surrounding Ionescu’s participation.