Caitlin Clark injury update: Fever star (groin) questionable for WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has officially been listed as questionable for the Commissioner’s Cup championship game on Tuesday with a left groin injury. The Fever, who are in the championship for the first time in franchise history, may have to take on the defending champion Minnesota Lynx without their best player. 

“We still don’t know [if Clark will play]. It’s a day-to-day thing,” Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters after practice on Monday. “Did some stuff at practice today, making sure we don’t have any setbacks. We got to be smart about this. We’ll evaluate tomorrow morning at shootaround.”

Clark last spoke on Sunday after practice and told reporters she felt “good” and will take thing “day-by-day.”

“Doing everything I can to put myself in a position to play the next game every single time,” Clark said. “That’s always my goal is to be available for the next game. Doing everything I can with the medical staff to be able to get my body right to be able to do that. But yeah, I feel good and just going day-by-day.”

Clark has not played since June 24, when she was held to a season-low six points in a win over the Seattle Storm. In the final seconds of that contest, Clark took an awkward fall. Prior to their next game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, the team announced that Clark would not play due to a groin injury. She also sat out against No. 1 overall pick Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings on Friday. 

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This is the second injury Clark has dealt with this season. On Memorial Day, she was diagnosed with a left quad strain that ultimately kept her out for three weeks. All told, Clark has missed seven of the Fever’s 16 games this season. They are 3-4 without her and 5-4 when she plays. 

Before this season, Clark hadn’t missed a game since high school. Prior to sitting out of the Fever’s loss to the Washington Mystics on May 28, she had played in 185 consecutive games dating back to her freshman season of college at Iowa. 

The Fever would love to have Clark back for the Commissioner’s Cup championship, and everyone in the league office is surely crossing their fingers that she’ll be available for the marquee event. 

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