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New York – The Indiana Fever Fell to New York Liberty in their last match before all-star break this weekend when Star Guard Caitlin Clark was sidelined with a groin injury.
BREANNA STEWART led Liberty with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and Sabrina Ionescu added 15 points and nine assists in the 98-77 win over the fever on Wednesday night.
New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart (30) blocks a shot of Indiana Fever’s Natasha Howard (6) during the second half of a WNBA basketball match on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Liberty controlled most of the game as Clark was excluded Just before tip-off with a groin injury that marks her third absence of the season due to injury.
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“Look, we’ve been exposed to adversity. There’s no doubt about it. But we’ve grown through it too, and we’ve talked about it from day one – no matter what continues to come to us – and every team in the league has been subjected to some kind of adversity,” said fever -coach Stephanie White after the game.
“We have to stop talking about building consistency and we have to start doing it. We have to understand that every single day we will see the opponents’ best shots and we have to be ready for it. And then we have to find out that I think some kind of dog in us is not what we play hard and at times we can be disturbing and really good in the defense end, to be to be coherent for us. ” At times. “
White said the team is looking for a “reset” on the way into Wnba All-Star Break, which will host Indiana, beginning on Friday. Clark will compete in the 3-point competition with Ionescu and was appointed Captain in Saturday’s All-Star game.
Indiana Fevers Caitlin Clark, third from left, and Sophie Cunningham respond with teammates to a three-point shot by New York Liberty’s marine Johannes during the second half of a WNBA basketball match on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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But her latest setback has raised questions about Clark’s accessibility for the weekend.
“There’s no discussion about this weekend yet,” White told journalists before the game. “Imaging was performed, and apparently we exclude her tonight, but there has been no discussion beyond tonight.”
Clark deals with his second groin injury in the year. White said she doesn’t think Clark’s latest injury that was maintained in the final minute of Tuesday evening’s victory over Connecticut Sun is the same as her previous injury. Clark also missed five games early in the season due to a quad injury.
“I’m not really sure it is a sluice as much as another kind of injury. I often know when you work with damage in the groin and quad and hamstring and all these things that are just-they are all kinds tied together, and that’s not always just one thing.”
Indiana Fevers Caitlin Clark looks at when players warm up before a WNBA basketball match between New York Liberty and the fever on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The fever fell to 4-6 in play without Clark after Wednesday evening’s loss. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 16 points. The fever returns from the All-Star break on Tuesday where they face Freedom In Brooklyn again.
