Pro basketball

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall will be out for about eight weeks with a knee injury. The former No. 1 overall draft pick has been diagnosed with the early stages of a stress injury to his left patella. Wall will not require surgery, but could miss the first month or so of the regular season.

• Lindsay Whalen scored 20 points, Seimone Augustus had 19 and the defending champion Minnesota Lynx beat the visiting Seattle Storm, 78-70, in the opener of the WNBA Western Conference semifinals. … Lindsey Harding scored 23 points to lead the Atlanta Dream past the Indiana Fever, 75-66, in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals.