There is a lot of interest in whether Indiana Fever star center Aliyah Boston will be active for her team's May 17 home game against the Seattle Storm. And there has now been a verdict, as the Fever announced that Boston has been ruled out for the game because of a knee injury.Status Update: Aliyah Boston (lower leg) is out today. https://t.co/5egZVSulVx— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) May 17, 2026This announcement doesn't come as a surprise. Boston suffered a lower-body injury in the second half of the Fever's May 15 game against the Washington Mystics and didn't return to the court. Since then, there has been a ton of speculation on the injury's severity, especially because there was no clear indication of when it occurred and therefore no ability to analyze how it happened.Aliyah Boston | IMAGO / Sports Press PhotoOne of the biggest questions in the wake of this injury is whether this injury is related to what Boston was dealing with at the end of her season with Unrivaled earlier this year. She missed her Phantom BC team's postseason games because of a leg injury, and also withdrew from Team USA's roster for the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament in March because of it. There was a strange amount of ambiguity regarding what exactly was ailing Boston at that time. Fever reporter Scott Agness reported that it was a meniscus injury in a March 11 article. While that had never been confirmed by Boston of the Fever directly, Agness is credible enough to believe his reporting. Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow