Caitlin Clark Set to Return From Harm as Fever Face Liberty


Caitlin Clark is formally again.

After lacking 5 video games with a strained left quad, Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark has been cleared to return to the lineup this Saturday in a headline conflict in opposition to the undefeated New York Liberty.

The Fever introduced Friday afternoon that Clark is nice to go.

Since Could 26, Clark has been sidelined, although not silent. The reigning Rookie of the Yr was principally the Fever’s most animated assistant coach whereas recovering.

She initially tweaked the harm within the Could 24 sport in opposition to these identical Liberty, logging 38 minutes earlier than an MRI revealed the pressure.

Clark had handled a minor leg challenge earlier within the preseason, however Fever head coach Stephanie White made it clear that this quad harm was “not associated to the leg challenge that Clark handled through the preseason.”

Clark’s return additionally brings again the league’s most electrical stat line: 19.0 factors, 9.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds, and almost 3 threes per sport. She’s one of the dynamic twin threats within the W, and now, she’s rested.

Add to that her fierce loyalty to Indiana, the place she’s publicly mentioned she desires to spend her whole profession:

“Ty [Haliburton] and I’d each inform you that is the place we each hope to remain the remainder of our careers,” Clark advised reporters. “Persons are like, ‘It’s a small market.’ However no, that’s what makes it enjoyable. These folks, that is what means the world to them.”

The Liberty are rolling, sitting atop the East in Commissioner’s Cup standings at 3-0, whereas Indiana (4-5 general) remains to be within the hunt at 2-1. The Fever path by simply +58 in level differential, and a win Saturday may blow that race huge open.

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