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NEW YORK – The Indiana Fever fell to the New York Liberty of their last sport earlier than the All-Star break this weekend as star guard Caitlin Clark was sidelined with a groin damage.
Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 24 factors, 11 rebounds and 7 assists and Sabrina Ionescu added 15 factors and 9 assists within the 98-77 win over the Fever on Wednesday night time.
New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart (30) blocks a shot by Indiana Fever’s Natasha Howard (6) through the second half of a WNBA basketball sport Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Frank Franklin II)
The Liberty managed many of the sport as Clark was dominated out simply earlier than tip-off with a groin damage, marking her third absence of the season attributable to damage.
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“Look, we’ve confronted adversity. There’s little question about it. However we’ve additionally grown by it and we’ve talked about it from day one – it doesn’t matter what retains coming at us – and each group within the league has confronted some form of adversity,” Fever head coach Stephanie White stated after the sport.
“We’ve obtained to cease speaking about constructing consistency and we’ve obtained to begin doing it. We’ve obtained to grasp that each single day we’re going to see opponents’ greatest photographs and we’ve obtained to be prepared for it. After which we’ve obtained to seek out I believe some form of canine in us, proper? We play onerous and at instances we may be disruptive and be actually good on the defensive finish, and on the finish of the day, that’s obtained to be constant for us.”
White stated the group is searching for a “reset” heading into the WNBA All-Star break which shall be hosted by Indiana starting on Friday. Clark is because of compete within the 3-point contest, alongside Ionescu, and was named a captain in Saturday’s All-Star Recreation.
Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark, third from left, and Sophie Cunningham react with teammates to a three-point shot by New York Liberty’s Marine Johannes through the second half of a WNBA basketball sport Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Frank Franklin II)
However her newest setback has raised questions on Clark’s availability for the weekend.
“No dialogue but about this weekend,” White instructed reporters earlier than the sport. “There was imaging performed and clearly, we’re ruling her out for tonight however there hasn’t been any dialogue past tonight.”
Clark is coping with her second groin damage of the yr. White stated she doesn’t consider that Clark’s newest damage, which was sustained within the last minutes of Tuesday night time’s win over the Connecticut Solar, is identical as her earlier damage. Clark has additionally missed 5 video games early into the season due to a quad damage.
“I am probably not certain that it is a re-injury as a lot as a unique form of damage. I do know oftentimes if you’re working with accidents within the groin and the quad and the hamstring and all of these issues, there’s simply – they’re all form of tied collectively and it is not all the time only one factor.”
Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark watches as gamers heat up earlier than a WNBA basketball sport between the New York Liberty and the Fever Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Frank Franklin II)
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The Fever dropped to 4-6 in video games with out Clark after Wednesday night time’s loss. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 16 factors. The Fever will return from the All-Star break on Tuesday the place they are going to face the Liberty in Brooklyn once more.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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