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Alexa PhilippouJul 2, 2025, 06:13 PM ET
- Covers women's assemblage hoops and the WNBA
- Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant
- Stanford postgraduate and Baltimore autochthonal with further acquisition astatine the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer
Indiana Fever prima Caitlin Clark volition beryllium retired her 4th consecutive crippled due to the fact that of a near groin wounded aft the squad ruled her retired of Thursday's matchup against the Las Vegas Aces.
Before this year, Clark had ne'er sat retired a crippled successful her nonrecreational oregon assemblage career. Now, she volition beryllium her eighth regular-season crippled of the play (ninth overall) due to the fact that of injury. She was antecedently sidelined 5 games due to the fact that of a near quad strain.
Clark besides sat retired the Fever's 74-59 triumph implicit the top-ranked Minnesota Lynx successful Tuesday's Commissioner's Cup last (the crippled does not number toward league standings).
"My extremity has ever been the same," Fever manager Stephanie White said Wednesday. "I don't privation this to beryllium thing that lingers, that we travel backmost excessively soon. We privation to marque definite that she is 100% acceptable to spell and that we enactment her semipermanent wellness and wellness astatine the forefront."
Clark was listed arsenic questionable going into Tuesday's crippled but ruled retired a fewer hours earlier tipoff. On Monday, White said Clark was doing noncontact enactment astatine practice. The 6-foot defender is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds successful 9 games this season, shooting 39.0% from the tract and 29.5% from 3, and was precocious named an All-Star starter and skipper by virtuousness of receiving the astir instrumentality votes.
"She wants to play and she's moving to play and she has been moving to play," White said. "And I deliberation aft a fewer days, it's like, 'OK, we've got a small spot of time' -- I deliberation it's 5 games earlier All-Star interruption -- truthful let's conscionable easiness her caput adjacent though she's antsy and let's bash this the close mode and marque definite we're acceptable to spell and 100% erstwhile she comes back."
Indiana (8-8) kicks disconnected a five-game homestand Thursday, adjacent playing the Los Angeles Sparks connected Saturday and past the Golden State Valkyries connected Wednesday.
