What happened to Caitlin Clark? What we know about her injury and when she'll be back in the game
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever has just missed her fifth game due to her injury. While it was initially hoped that Clark would be back in the game after a two-week break, her re-evaluation over the weekend has set the timeline back.
Here's everything we know so far.
The star point guard was injured and has now missed five games to recover.
Clark suffered a quad strain sometime during the Fever's game against the New York Liberty on May 24.
Clark's injury was announced on Monday, May 26. At the time, her coach, Stephanie White, told IndyStar that she wasn't sure when the injury happened.
Since then, Clark herself confirmed that it happened during their May 24 game against the New York Liberty, though she couldn't pinpoint the specific play when it happened. She reported some pain after the game and got an MRI, which showed a strain in her left quad.
Clark's original timeline was that she would be out for two weeks before she would be re-evaluated, setting her re-evaluation date at June 8.
She was evaluated this weekend and allowed to begin some aspects of practice again, White said on June 9, but not necessarily cleared for basketball activities at the highest level. This is why she was absent from the June 10 game against the Atlanta Dream.
Story continues after photo gallery.
It is still unknown when Clark will play again, but the next opportunity for her to return would be at the home game against the New York Liberty on June 14.
The Liberty is the same team the Fever was playing against two weeks ago when Clark reported sustaining her injury.
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