Liberty Injuries: Will Sabrina Ionescu Play on Tuesday vs Dream?

The New York Liberty's injury report for Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Dream (8 p.m. ET, YES App/CBSSN) downgraded point guard Sabrina Ionescu to doubtful. Ionescu is dealing with a sore left hamstring as the Liberty (6-2) seek to end the first quarter of its season on the right note.

Ionescu was originally listed as questionable for Tuesday's game, which will mark the Liberty's second get-together with the Dream over the last four days. The fourth-year New Yorker put forth one of the best professional efforts of her career in the first matchup on Friday, scoring a personal-best 37 points on 10-of-18 shooting in a 106-83 victory. She followed that up with 22 points on Sunday at Barclays Center, as New York downed Dallas 102-93.

Over the past two games, Ionescu played 66 minutes after Wednesday's postponed game against Minnesota afforded her five days off. Ionescu played 26 minutes in a June 2 win in Chicago and was not on the floor for the final stages of the narrow win. She partook in 32 minutes two days later in a rematch with the Sky and she mentioned that she was dealing with a tight hamstring over those couple of days.

"Obviously, playing with a tight hammy is not fun. I was kind of holding myself back and trying to not get hurt for the next couple of weeks," Ionescu said after the visit from the Sky on June 4. "I felt a lot better today than I did in the last game. I'm excited for these two days to rest and be 100 percent for the next game."

With Ionescu possibly missing the rematch against the Dream (2-5), it'd be no surprise to see Marine Johannés thrust into the starting five. Johannés has been one of the first women off the bench for the Liberty after coming back from international commitments in her native France and has averaged eight points over her first four appearances. She had a season-best 12 in Sunday's win over the Wings, nine coming in a quick burst that helped New York erase a nine-point deficit in the opening half.

The Liberty injury report also holds backup interior threat Han Xu, who will not be with the team for at least the rest of the month. Han is set to partake in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Australia for her native China. The tournament is set to tip off on June 26 and run through July 2.

Geoff Magliocchetti is on Twitter @GeoffJMags

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