Georgia Amoore's ACL comeback powers Mystics' playoff surge — SkimNews
Get the Sports newsletter
Daily sports — scores, transfers, the storylines from the leagues you actually follow. Free.
- Georgia Amoore, the No. 6 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, tore her right ACL in training camp last April and missed her entire first season before returning to start at point guard for the Mystics this year.
- Amoore's early-season production was dismal — she shot 2 of 9 with five turnovers in her WNBA debut and averaged just 6.3 points on 26.7% shooting in May, with scoreless stretches into August that raised questions about whether she should remain a starter.
- Amoore's turnaround came shortly before the World Cup break, 16 months after her injury and 35 games into her rookie season, when she hit three straight games with three 3-pointers and dropped a then-career-high 25 points on six threes against the Mercury.
- Amoore has averaged 12.1 points and 3.7 assists with just 1.6 turnovers on 48.9% three-point shooting over her last seven games, and she leads the Mystics in 3-point attempts (4.4), makes (1.5) and total threes made (60) for the season.
- The Mystics are 13-2 when Amoore shoots 50% or better from three and 12-14 when she doesn't, and since the All-Star break they have a 112.5 offensive rating with her on the floor versus 103 with her off it.
- Washington has gone 11-4 since the All-Star break to climb to 25-16 and sixth place, clinching its first playoff appearance since 2023 and sitting two wins shy of a single-season franchise record.
- Coach Sydney Johnson praised Amoore's "swagger" and "incredible amount of mental toughness," telling CBS Sports: "It's pretty emotional to think about the trajectory that she's taken. And she's only just beginning."
Why it matters: Amoore is the offensive fulcrum of the league's youngest team, and her late-season leap from 26.7% shooting in May to 48.9% from three over her last seven games has lifted Washington from lottery territory to a 25-16 record and their first playoff berth since 2023 — with a wide-open postseason bracket where her perimeter shot, not their paint dominance, may decide how far they go.
Ask SkimNews
