Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was excluded from the Los Angeles Sparks against Saturday’s match, who will mark the fifth consecutive match she has lacked while she was recovering from a left -made vintage injury. The absence of Clark continues while the fever leaves the summit to win the WNBA commissioner’s cup in an upheaval against the minnesota lynx on Tuesday evening.
Clark had participated partial in practice in recent days, and the fever coach Stephanie White has maintained journalists on Wednesday that the team continues to be careful with its recovery.
“My goal has always been the same: I don’t want it to be something that persists, that we come back too early,” said White. “We want to make sure that it is 100% ready to leave and that we put its long-term health and well-being at the forefront.”
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Clark spoke for the last time on Sunday after training and told journalists that she felt “good” and took things “day by day”.
“Do my best to put me in position to play the next game every time,” said Clark. “It’s always my goal is to be available for the next match. Doing everything I can with medical staff to be able to get my body to be able to do it. But yes, I feel good and I am right by day.”
Clark has not played since June 24, when she was held at six points in the season in a victory against the storm of Seattle. In the last seconds of this competition, Clark took an clumsy fall. Before their next match against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, the team announced that Clark would not play due to an injury to the groin. Last Friday, she also made sure against the overall choice n ° 1 of Paige Bueckers and the Dallas wings.
Clark previously lacked time with Quad Strain
This is the second injury that Clark has treated this season. The Memorial Day, it was diagnosed with a left quadruple tension which finally prevented it from leaving for three weeks. All in all, Clark has missed seven of the 16 games in the regular fever season so far this year. They have 3-4 without her and 5-4 when she plays.
Before this season, Clark had not missed a match since high school. Before opposing the defeat of the fever against the mystics of Washington on May 28, she had played in 185 consecutive games dating from her first year at Iowa University.
The fever (and everyone in the league office) hoped to recover Clark for the commissioner’s cup championship, but there was no reason to rush it, even for a renowned event. Despite the victory of the commissioner’s cup, the championship does not count as a regular season match and has no tangible effect on the fever season as a whole. Giving it a few more days to make sure it is completely recovered is much more important for fever as the point halfway through the season is approaching.
After an exciting start to season, the fever drink until last month. Clark, Sophie Cunningham, Damiris Dantas and even White have missed several games, while the acquisition of the key agent Dewanna Bonner forced his way out of the city. As a result, the fever is stuck in eighth place at 8-8. They will need Clark as almost 100% as possible the rest of the path if they want to climb in the standings.
