MVP Stewart ruptures Achilles, likely out for '19

April 15, 2019
Tickets For AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019 On Sale April 16

Las Vegas (April 15, 2019)— The Las Vegas Aces announced today that tickets for AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019, scheduled for Saturday, July 27 at Mandalay Bay Events Center, go on sale beginning Tuesday, April 16 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT. To purchase tickets, please visit LasVegasAces.com or call 702-692-2237.
Las Vegas is hosting AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019 in the team’s second season of operation, making it the youngest franchise in league history to showcase the best of the best that women’s basketball has to offer.

Las Vegas Acesは今日、AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019（予定：July 27の土曜日、Mandalay Bay Events Center）のチケットは、April 16の火曜日（1 pm ET/10 am PT）に発売されると発表した。チケットを購入するには、LasVegasAces.comを訪れるか、702-692-2237に電話をかけて下さい。
Las Vegasは、チーム操業2シーズン目に、AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019を主催し、女子バスケットが提供する最高の中の最高（の試合）を披露するリーグ史上最年少のフランチャイズになる。

Further details around in-game entertainment and the full schedule of weekend events will be announced at a later date.
Las Vegas had two players named to the All-Star Team in its inaugural season—forward and reigning Rookie of the Year A’ja Wilson, and five-year guard Kayla McBride. Wilson scored 18 points, and grabbed five rebounds in her All-Star debut, while McBride added 11 points and four boards in her second trip to the mid-summer classic.

試合中の娯楽に関するさらなる詳細、週末のイベントの完全スケジュールは、後日、発表されるだろう。
Las Vegasには、昨シーズン、All-Star Teamに任命された選手が2人いた：A’ja Wilson（forwardにして、現Rookie of the Year）、Kayla McBride（5年目のガード）。Wilsonは、All-Starのデビューで、18 pointsを記し、5 reboundsを掴んだ一方、McBrideは、2回目の真夏旅行で、11 points and 4 boardsを付け加えた。

McBride also battled the Chicago Sky’s Allie Quigley and four other competitors in last year’s Three-Point Contest. The Aces star netted a first-round best 22 points to advance to the finals against Quigley. After both sharpshooters recorded 18 points to force a tie-breaker, Quigley edged out McBride to win with a record-setting 29-point effort, which even bested the NBA record of 28 points in a round set by the Phoenix Sun’s Devin Booker in the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.

また、McBrideは、去年の3ポイント・コンテストで、Chicago Sky’s Allie Quigleyと他4人と争った。Acesのスターは、第1ラウンド最高の22点をあげて、Quigleyとの（優勝）決定戦へ進んだ。射撃の名手2人が、18点を記録して、同点決勝ゲームを強いた後、Quigleyが、McBrideを押しのけ、記録破りの29点の成果で勝利した。それは、Phoenix Sun’s Devin Bookerが、2018 NBA All-Star Gameに作った28点のNBA記録を凌ぎさえした。

https://www.wnba.com/news/tickets-for-att-wnba-all-star-game-2019-on-sale-april-16/


18 aprile 2019
MVP Stewart ruptures Achilles, likely out for '19

WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm is expected to miss the 2019 WNBA season after rupturing her right Achilles tendon while playing in Europe, she announced on Twitter on Wednesday
Stewart, 24, playing for Russia-based Dynamo Kursk, was hurt Sunday in the EuroLeague Final Four championship game in Sopron, Hungary. She had an MRI on Monday in Los Angeles after flying back from Europe, and the results weren't reviewed by a physician until Wednesday.

WNBA MVP Breanna Stewartは、ヨーロッパでプレー中に、アキレス腱を断裂した後、2019年シーズンを逃す事になっている－と、水曜日、Twitter で発表した。
24才のStewartは、日曜日、ケガをした。月曜日、ヨーロッパから帰国した後、MRIを受け、水曜日になってようやく、結果が報告された。

"First off, I just want to thank you for the tremendous amount of love and support I've received over the past few days," Stewart said in her announcement. "The situation is still a shock to me. ... This year especially has been amazing and filled with lots of success and as we all know there are highs and lows throughout a career.
"This is just another obstacle that I will overcome. I'm thankful that I have so many people in my corner to help me every step of the way. I'm feeling every emotion possible at this point but just know that the bounce back will be real and I'll be back better than ever."

（省略－既出）

Stewart will undergo surgery, which will be performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. The Storm said Stewart is expected to make a full recovery for the start of the 2020 season.
"This is a tough time for Stewie and our hearts go out to her," Storm CEO Alisha Valavanis said in a statement. "The Storm family is behind her and we will support Stewie in every way we can as she begins her journey back to the court."

（省略－既出）

Stewart led the Storm to the franchise's third WNBA title last September and then helped the United States win the gold medal in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup later the same month. She was MVP for the WNBA Finals and the World Cup, and last month was named the EuroLeague's regular-season MVP as well.
Stewart also played for United States in the 2016 Olympics and is still expected to be a key part of the 2020 Olympic team. Generally, rehabilitation for an Achilles injury lasts nine months to a year.

（省略－昨シーズンについて）
そして、先月、EuroLeague's regular-season MVPにも任命された。
（省略－代表チームについて）
一般的に、アキレス腱の負傷は、9-12カ月かかる。

WNBA great Tamika Catchings injured her Achilles on Sept. 3, 2007, and played in the 2008 Olympics and in 25 of the Indiana Fever's 34 games in that 2008 season.
Like most WNBA players, Stewart also competes overseas to maximize her income. Stewart made $56,793 in base salary last season with the Storm, earning bonuses of a $15,000 for being MVP, $11,025 for winning the WNBA title, $10,000 for being All-WNBA first team and $2,500 for being in the All-Star Game.
She was slated to make $64,538 this WNBA season in base salary.

（省略－Tamika Catchingsの例、Stewartの給料について）

While at UConn from 2012 to '16, Stewart won four NCAA titles and was named the Women's Final Four most outstanding player each time. She was part of two undefeated seasons with the Huskies, in 2013-14 and 2015-16, and finished her college career with 2,676 points, 1,179 rebounds and 414 blocked shots.
The 6-foot-4 Stewart, a native of Syracuse, New York, was drafted No. 1 by the Storm in April 2016 and was rookie of the year that season. Last season, her third in the league, she averaged 21.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.4 blocked shots for the Storm during the regular season. Her scoring average went up during the playoffs, as she averaged 24.6 points. The Storm swept the Washington Mystics 3-0 in the WNBA Finals.

（省略－UConn時代、昨シーズンの成績について）

In her WNBA career, Stewart has averaged 20.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 blocks.
Stewart, who doesn't turn 25 until August, had missed only one game in her three seasons in the WNBA. She played her first two overseas seasons in China, then went to Russia for 2018-19. Stewart had a knee ligament injury while playing in China in January 2017, but it did not impact her WNBA season that year.

WNBAのキャリアは、平均20.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 blocksである。
8月になってようやく25才になるStewartは、WNBAの3シーズンで、1試合しか逃さなかった。最初の（海外）2シーズンは中国で、その後、2018-19年シーズンは、ロシアへ行った。January 2017、中国でプレー中に、膝の靭帯を損傷したが、あの年、WNBAシーズンに影響を与えなかった。

Stewart was hurt near the end of the first half Sunday as she went up for a jump shot and came down in considerable pain. She had to be helped off the court. Dynamo Kursk fell 91-67 to UMMC Ekaterinburg, which won its fifth EuroLeague title.

（省略－アキレス腱を断裂した状況について）

Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot led UMMC with 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the winners.
UMMC Ekaterinburg and Dynamo Kursk will face each other again in a three-game series for the Russian League championship starting April 20. The WNBA season begins May 24.

Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vanderslootは、18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assistsで、UMMCを導いた一方、Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Grinerは、勝者達のために、16 points and 10 reboundsを付け加えた。
UMMC Ekaterinburg and Dynamo Kurskは、April 20に始まるRussian League championshipのために、3試合シリーズでまた向き合うだろう（2:0 for UMMC Ekaterinburg）。WNBAは、May 24に開始する。

The near yearlong schedule for many women's players has been a reality since the WNBA launched in 1997. Some top players, including the Mercury's Diana Taurasi and the Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry, have taken a WNBA season off to rest. Generally, players are paid more overseas.

（省略－WNBAを休んだ選手達について）

Stewart's likely absence for the 2019 season is a huge blow to the Storm, who hoped to become the first team to repeat as WNBA champion since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001-02. The Storm's previous titles were in 2004 and 2010; point guard Sue Bird, 38, has been part of all three Storm championship teams.

2019 seasonに、Stewartがいないのは、2001-02年のLos Angeles Sparks以来、二連覇を望んでいたStormにとって、大きな打撃だった。Stormの前回のタイトルは、2004 and 2010年だった；point guard Sue Bird（38才）は、全てのchampionshipを獲得したStormの一員である。

At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Seattle's odds to win the WNBA championship fell to 15-1 -- seventh among league teams. In October, when the 2019 odds opened, the Storm were 9-5 favorites to defend their title.
The Storm isn't the only WNBA squad that will be without a major star this season. The four-time champion Minnesota Lynx won't have 2014 MVP Maya Moore, like Stewart a UConn grad and former No. 1 draft pick (2011). Moore, 29, announced earlier this year that she was taking off the 2019 season to focus on her other interests and her family after eight seasons of playing in the WNBA and overseas.

Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook（カジノ）で、Seattleの優勝見込みは、15-1へ下がった－リーグ第7位。2019年のオッズ（当たる確率）が始まった10月は、9-5の本命だった。
Stormだけが、今シーズン、大物スターがいないチームではない。Minnesotaには、Maya Mooreがいない。
（省略－Mooreの休みについて）

The status of Dallas Wings center Liz Cambage is uncertain, as she has requested a trade and might not play if it doesn't happen. Cambage, an Australian who was the No. 2 pick behind Moore in 2011, returned to the WNBA last season after a four-year absence. She averaged a league-best 23.0 points per game, along with 9.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.

Liz Cambageの状態は、トレードを要求しているように、不確実だし、そうならなければ、プレーしないかもしれない。
（省略－Cambageの経歴について）

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