Fever's Clark expects to return Wed. from injury

Indiana Fever prima Caitlin Clark said she expects to instrumentality to enactment connected Wednesday against the Golden State Valkyries aft missing the past 5 games with a near groin injury.

Clark participated successful the 5-on-5 information of signifier connected Monday for the archetypal clip since she suffered the wounded connected June 26 -- a important measurement successful her getting cleared to return. Barring immoderate setbacks implicit the adjacent 24 hours, she'll beryllium disposable to play.

"It's bully to get backmost retired determination and get backmost into the travel of playing with my teammates again," Clark told reporters astatine signifier Tuesday. "It's going to beryllium amusive to get backmost retired determination hopefully and conscionable consciousness things again. ... It's evidently hard sitting retired and watching for a fewer weeks, truthful I'm excited to get retired there."

While Clark was out, the Fever went 3-2, included a triumph against the Minnesota Lynx successful the title crippled of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup.

It was Clark's 2nd wounded of the season, arsenic she has missed 10 of the Fever's 18 games this season. She besides missed 5 games past period owed to a near quad injury.

Clark, who has expressed her dislike for minutes-restrictions, said she doesn't cognize what her workload volition beryllium against the Valkyries connected Wednesday.

"I anticipation to play a decent magnitude -- successful the precocious 20s. I conjecture it depends connected however the crippled goes and however I consciousness and what the squad needs," Clark said. "But I consciousness beauteous good. But I'm going to effort to not overdo it and enactment myself successful a bully presumption moving forward."

Clark had 32 points successful 31 minutes against the New York Liberty erstwhile she returned from her quad wounded connected June 14. She cooled implicit the adjacent 4 games, however, averaging 14 points per contest.

For the season, Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.9 assists.

Her instrumentality comes with 5 games remaining until the All-Star break, with that crippled to beryllium played successful Indianapolis with Clark serving arsenic a squad captain. She and Napheesa Collier, the different captain, volition marque their squad selections connected Tuesday night.