Barclays Center is more likely to be disenchanted yet again.
Not regarding the house team Liberty, who’re more likely to be at full strength to kick off the second half of the season but relatively that Caitlin Clark is unlikely to be on the court for Tuesday’s game.
The Fever star, who suffered a right groin injury last week during a game against the Sun, will undergo additional testing this week and certain might be sidelined for a second consecutive regular-season game, per ESPN.
After that, the team is hoping to have “more of a transparent line of what [the path forward] looks like,” Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters on Sunday.
“I believe she’s progressing,” White added. “I believe that we’re continuing to handle every part that should be addressed … I don’t expect her to be available on Tuesday, so we’re just going to proceed to take it at some point at a time and let her get her evaluations early this week.”
After the recent injury, Clark missed the Fever’s loss to the Liberty after which sat out for the whole thing of the All-Star weekend festivities set at her home arena in Indianapolis, where she was set to compete in her first skilled 3-point contest and captain her team on the court after receiving a record-setting 1,293,536 fan votes — essentially the most earned by a player in WNBA history.
The 2-time All-Star said it was “actually unlucky” to look at the All-Star competitions from the sideline inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where the team she captained was blown out by Napheesa Collier’s squad 151-131.
It’s Clark’s third injury stint of the season after she missed five games between May and June because of a left quad and went on to miss 4 games with an initial left groin injury.
Following recovery from the latter, Clark returned for lower than every week before injuring her right groin.
She has missed 10 regular-season games this season — 11 when counting the Commissioner’s Cup final that saw the Fever beat the No. 1 Lynx 74-59.
On top of Clark’s status having grown unpredictable this season, the Fever parted ways with DeWanna Bonner, who’s now with the Mercury, in a midseason departure.
The Fever have been faced with plenty of roster inconsistency, which is reflected of their 12-11 record that puts them at No. 6 within the league standings.
Indiana is just 1.5 game away from falling out of the eight-team playoff field.
“For us, it’s probably something we’re going to proceed to cope with. These soft tissue injuries sometimes nag until you’ll be able to even have time to actually allow them to heal within the offseason,” White said. “So, we’ll just take it at some point at a time and as they arrive, and this group will proceed to progress together.”
Barclays Center is more likely to be disenchanted yet again.
Not regarding the house team Liberty, who’re more likely to be at full strength to kick off the second half of the season but relatively that Caitlin Clark is unlikely to be on the court for Tuesday’s game.
The Fever star, who suffered a right groin injury last week during a game against the Sun, will undergo additional testing this week and certain might be sidelined for a second consecutive regular-season game, per ESPN.
After that, the team is hoping to have “more of a transparent line of what [the path forward] looks like,” Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters on Sunday.
“I believe she’s progressing,” White added. “I believe that we’re continuing to handle every part that should be addressed … I don’t expect her to be available on Tuesday, so we’re just going to proceed to take it at some point at a time and let her get her evaluations early this week.”
After the recent injury, Clark missed the Fever’s loss to the Liberty after which sat out for the whole thing of the All-Star weekend festivities set at her home arena in Indianapolis, where she was set to compete in her first skilled 3-point contest and captain her team on the court after receiving a record-setting 1,293,536 fan votes — essentially the most earned by a player in WNBA history.
The 2-time All-Star said it was “actually unlucky” to look at the All-Star competitions from the sideline inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where the team she captained was blown out by Napheesa Collier’s squad 151-131.
It’s Clark’s third injury stint of the season after she missed five games between May and June because of a left quad and went on to miss 4 games with an initial left groin injury.
Following recovery from the latter, Clark returned for lower than every week before injuring her right groin.
She has missed 10 regular-season games this season — 11 when counting the Commissioner’s Cup final that saw the Fever beat the No. 1 Lynx 74-59.
On top of Clark’s status having grown unpredictable this season, the Fever parted ways with DeWanna Bonner, who’s now with the Mercury, in a midseason departure.
The Fever have been faced with plenty of roster inconsistency, which is reflected of their 12-11 record that puts them at No. 6 within the league standings.
Indiana is just 1.5 game away from falling out of the eight-team playoff field.
“For us, it’s probably something we’re going to proceed to cope with. These soft tissue injuries sometimes nag until you’ll be able to even have time to actually allow them to heal within the offseason,” White said. “So, we’ll just take it at some point at a time and as they arrive, and this group will proceed to progress together.”
