WNBA guard chips her tooth in painful scene while diving for loose ball

WNBA defender Jade Melbourne was caught up successful a achy acquisition during her crippled connected Friday nighttime during a crippled betwixt the Seattle Storm and Golden State Valkyries.

Valkyries defender Veronica Burton tried to dribble disconnected the surface and astir Melbourne. The Storm defender past dove for the escaped ball. Burton landed connected apical of her. Melbourne’s look deed the tribunal and she chipped her bony successful the process.

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Seattle Storm defender Jade Melbourne looks connected aft chipping a bony successful fractional during a WNBA crippled against the Golden State Valkyries successful Seattle connected May 8, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Melbourne’s Storm teammates checked connected her to marque definite she was OK. She walked to the seat smiling but handed her coaches portion of her tooth.

Melbourne was called for a foul connected the play. Golden State was starring 43-39 astatine that constituent and hung connected for the 91-80 victory.

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Seattle Storm defender Jade Melbourne holds retired fractional of her bony that was knocked retired during a collision with Golden State Valkyries defender Veronica Burton successful Seattle connected May 8, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Burton finished with 16 points connected 5-of-13 shooting. Janelle Salaun added a team-high 20 points disconnected the bench. Kaitlyn Chen posted 14 points disconnected the seat arsenic well.

Seattle’s scoring was led by Dominique Malonga, who had 21. Zia Cooke added 15 points.

Melbourne finished with 13 points. She’s successful her 4th afloat play successful the WNBA. Seattle initially drafted her successful the 3rd circular of the 2022 draught retired of Australia. She didn’t play successful 2022 and made her archetypal quality for the Storm successful 2023.

Seattle Storm defender Jade Melbourne hands a portion of her bony to a unit subordinate aft it chipped during a collision against the Golden State Valkyries successful Seattle connected May 8, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

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She played the past 2 seasons for the Washington Mystics earlier joining the Storm again earlier 2026. Last season, she averaged 5.9 points per crippled successful 43 appearances.