Caitlin Clark will miss the rest of the Indiana Fever’s season because of a proper groin injury.
“I had hoped to share a higher replace, however I cannot be returning to play this season,” Clark stated in a assertion. “I spent hours in the fitness center day by day with the singular objective of getting again on the market, disillusioned isn’t a sufficiently big phrase to describe how I’m feeling. I would like to thank everybody who had my again by means of all the uncertainty.
“This has been extremely irritating, however even in the unhealthy, there’s good. The method the followers continued to present up for me, and for the Fever, introduced me a lot pleasure and essential perspective. I’m so proud of how this crew has solely gotten stronger by means of adversity this yr. Now it’s time to shut out the season and declare our spot in the playoffs.”
Clark was injured late in a July 15 sport in opposition to the Connecticut Sun, and later sustained a bone bruise. The former Iowa star averaged 16.5 factors, 8.8 assists and 5.0 rebounds in 13 video games in her second season in the WNBA.
“Caitlin has labored so arduous all through this time, doing the whole lot doable to get well and return to the courtroom however, finally, time is just not on our aspect,” Fever COO and GM Amber Cox stated in a assertion.
The 2024 Rookie of the Year had been attempting to get again to assist her crew attain the postseason for a second straight yr. She participated in full-court drills with out protection throughout a shootaround earlier than the Fever confronted the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night time.
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Indiana is presently in eighth place in the standings, 1 1/2 video games in entrance of Los Angeles with three video games to play.
It has been a tough season for Clark, who additionally handled accidents to her left quad and left groin.
Clark has helped girls’s basketball develop in each school and the WNBA. The league had report attendance this season even with Clark lacking most of the season.
