After limping off the floor in the third quarter of Thursday’s preseason game in Indianapolis, Indiana Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark is not listed on the team’s injury report as they face Nigeria on Sunday in their preseason finale.
Clark, who played in just 13 games a season ago due to a lingering groin injury, collided with Dallas’ Alanna Smith on Thursday while attempting a three-point field goal at the 7:51 mark of the third quarter and landed hard on her right kneecap. She then converted two of three free throws but left the game and did not return.
Clark said after the game, “I feel good. I just landed on my kneecap really hard.”
The two-time All-Star put up 21 points in 16 minutes versus the Wings in a 95-80 loss.
She is expected to dress against the Nigerian team.
Clark averaged 19.2 points and 8.4 assists and buried 122 3-pointers in her 2024 rookie season for the Fever, earning Rookie of the Year and All-WNBA First Team honors. Her scoring numbers took a hit in 2025, falling to 16.5 points per game before she sustained the season-ending injury.
Fellow Fever star Aliyah Boston is expected to dress for the first time during the brief preseason. The fourth-year pro, who has averaged 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in her three years in Indiana, suffered a leg injury at the end of the Unrivaled season and the team has slow-played her return.
–Field Level Media
