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One can argue that even though Caitlin Clark was off the field on Wednesday, it made a case that she is the most valuable player in WNBA.
That’s because in Indiana Fever’s first match without Clark, as she suffered from a quad injury, the fever suffered their worst loss of the young WNBA season.
The Washington mystics took down the clark-less fever, 83-77, Wednesday night.
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Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark talks to the referee after the second quarter against Washington Mystics at Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Emily Faith Morgan-Preferred Pictures)
The fever started hot and reached a 10-4 lead and even led with five at one point in the second quarter.
But from 5:47 back in the second to 5:03 back in regulation Outscored Mystics Fever, 46-32. Their 11-point lead (73-62) was their biggest of the night until the waste time free throw with under a minute left.
Indiana scored seven points in the last 22 seconds to avoid a double -digit loss, but most of the last 25 minutes were all mystics.
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark (22) dish from the bench in the first quarter against Washington Mystics at Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Emily Faith Morgan-Preferred Pictures)
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Fever’s two previous losses this season came with a combined three points – they lost with one to the Atlanta dream and of two to the reigning champion New York Liberty. The fever had the ball in the final seconds of both of these competitions.
Their 77 points are also the lowest they have scored all season. They had previously scored 93, 90, 81 and 88.
Clark is intended to miss at least two weeks with a right quad injury. In their first four games, Fever’s point was differential +37.
The former Iowa Hawkeye average 19.0 points, 9.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds in her four games in the 2025 season. Last year, she set the single-season record for most assists in a year, on the way to win Rookie of the Year. Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell tied with a Holdhøj four assists at night. The fever as a whole had only 15 at night – Clark had a WNBA record 19 on July 17 last year.
Dewanna Bonner dropped 21 points from the bench and led the fever.
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark (22) sits on the bench before the game against Washington Mystics at Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Emily Faith Morgan-Preferred Pictures)
Clark equalized a season high 27 points last Tuesday against the dream. She fell 20-Plus points in each of her first two matches before setting only 11 on Thursday and then 18 on Saturday against Liberty.
