Lynx star Olivia Miles leaves win over Valkyries early with awkward ankle injury

Minnesota Lynx rookie Olivia Miles went down with an awkward ankle injury on Wednesday night in San Francisco. 

Miles left the Lynx's 77-66 win over the Golden State Valkyries in the fourth quarter after she rolled her ankle stepping on Napheesa Collier's foot by accident. Her status for the final stretch of the regular season is unknown as the Lynx prepare for a postseason run while leading the league standings. 

Miles was trying to defend Valkyries guard Veronica Burton in the lane just past the midway point of the fourth quarter in the contest when she stepped on Collier's foot. Miles' left ankle rolled hard, and she started hopping awkwardly toward the baseline instantly, clearly in pain.

Miles eventually went down on the baseline, and was tended to by teammates and the Lynx's athletic training staff. While she made it to the bench, Miles went back to the locker room minutes later and did not return to the contest. She did make it back to the Lynx bench for the end of the game. 

Nooooo Olivia Miles is down, I hope she is OK pic.twitter.com/m85ZZ62mgx

Miles had 20 points in the win while shooting 8-of-10 from the field with seven assists and five rebounds. The former TCU star, who was the No. 2 overall pick in the draft earlier this year, entered Wednesday's contest averaging 19.9 points and 6.1 assists per game.

The Lynx (30-7) led nearly the entire way at the Chase Center and shot 50% from the field to pick up the 11-point win. They've lost just once in their past 16 games. The Vaklyries fell to 25-10 with the loss, which snapped a seven-game win streak.

The Lynx have seven games left in the regular season, including back-to-back games against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever to end the year. While there is just more than a month before the playoffs, Miles being out for any amount of time in the final run of the season would be a significant loss.