Across her four years in Iowa and her first season as a pro with the Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark had never missed a game. Until now, after the Fever announced on Monday that Clark will be out at least two weeks with a left quad strain.
Clark had been limited in the preseason with what she described as tightness in her left quad, though the team did not explicitly say in the announcement whether this injury was an aggravation of that previous issue.
It hasn’t been a perfect start to the season for the Fever, who are 2-2 with narrow losses to the Atlanta Dream and defending champion New York Liberty. Now a group that is incorporating several new players will be without its offensive conductor for the time being. Clark leads the team in scoring at 19.0 points per game and leads the league in assists at 9.3 dimes per contest.
ESPN breaks down what we know about Clark’s injury and the impact it’ll have on the championship-minded Fever.
What games do we know Clark will miss?
Kendra Andrews: The Fever’s current two-week timeline rules Clark out of four games, minimum: at the Washington Mystics, at home against the Connecticut Sun and Mystics, and on the road at the Chicago Sky.
Clark’s reexamination date is set for June 9 — but that’s when…
