Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark might be out for the rest of the season on account of a groin injury.
Clark’s injury dates again to July fifteenth, simply earlier than the WNBA All-Star break. It was shortly introduced that Clark was sitting out that sport, however a full resolution relating to the remainder of her season did not come till September.
In Indianapolis, Scripps News Group anchor Brad Brown explains what it means for Clark and her season, and for the remainder of the group’s playoff possibilities.
“The shock degree of this announcement does not appear to be too excessive, as a result of the actual fact is she’s been out for the higher a part of the previous 6 weeks with no actual signal that something was going to be imminent for return. This simply form of offers every thing some finality that the Fever can get on with the ready sport and get shifting on to this last push of the common season to try to make the playoffs,” he mentioned.
“The WNBA simply as an entire has turn into a extra bodily league in 2025. And I feel the collective of the damage and tear of a professional basketball season,” Brown mentioned. “[Clark] got here into coaching camp with a little bit of a quad injury. She fought off a pair different leg accidents and one other mind injury all through May and June earlier than we even obtained to July. And the intense one which ended her season. So it is a sure to a sure extent. But the actual fact is that there simply much more accidents within the league this season.”
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Now the Fever are the previous few video games of their common season, and a slim chance of creating it into the playoffs.
“They’re nonetheless within the battle for that eighth and last playoff spot proper now. Indiana is simply forward of Los Angeles. The Fever are going must win one or two of their final three video games simply to get in. And then the daunting job turns into for that quantity 8 seed to play Minnesota, the easiest group within the league all season lengthy, within the playoffs,” Brown mentioned.
“Just to make the playoffs might be an enormous accomplishment for this group. To make any form of a run would definitely be an upset, a Hoosiers-type upset, if you’ll, right here in Indianapolis. But they’re actually centered on this sport tonight in opposition to Chicago, attempting to get this win and simply get within the playoffs after which have the chance to take part within the postseason.”
