Caitlin Clark's eagerly awaited rematch with Angel Reese put on ice as star takes smart approach to recovery

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Caitlin Clark was fixed a two-week timeline with her quad injury, and determination volition beryllium nary aboriginal return.

In a much-anticipated matchup betwixt the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, Clark volition miss a 4th consecutive game.

"I'll miss this weekend's game, but aft that, it's day-by-day and spot however I feel, and conscionable crook to the aesculapian unit and what they think," Clark told reporters connected Thursday, via ESPN. I consciousness similar I've made a batch of advancement and I consciousness good, and I'm not going to unreserved coming back. It's conscionable not worthy it. But aft this weekend, I'll beryllium reevaluated and we'll person a amended thought of erstwhile I'll return."

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark walks connected the tribunal during a clip retired successful the archetypal fractional against the Washington Mystics astatine Entertainment & Sports Arena.  (Emily Faith Morgan-Imagn Images)

The archetypal matchup betwixt Indiana and Chicago had immoderate fireworks, arsenic Clark deed Angel Reese with a flagrant foul. Reese took objection and had to beryllium separated portion jawing astatine Clark.

And portion Clark surely wants to beryllium connected the level for this one, the wounded is excessively tricky to further hazard anything.

"It's the benignant of wounded like, you don't know, erstwhile I aftermath up, I'll consciousness antithetic than the time before," Clark said.

She added that she could instrumentality connected Tuesday against the Atlanta Dream - their adjacent hostile would beryllium the reigning champion New York Liberty, whom Clark got injured against, connected Saturday.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) and Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese (5) shingle hands earlier the crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

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Clark admitted that being injured is "testing [her patience] a small bit," but she's trying to usage the wounded to her vantage by learning connected the sidelines - thing caput manager Stephanie White wanted her to do.

"It's taught maine a lot," Clark said. "I've ne'er been successful that presumption earlier of really getting to ticker from the seat for an extended play of time… It's the aforesaid arsenic you crook connected the TV and ticker the NBA oregon you ticker different WNBA games -- that's the champion mode to larn basketball, is conscionable ticker and sorb it, and it's the aforesaid erstwhile I'm not active, too."

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever dribbles the shot  during the crippled    against the New York Liberty connected  May 24, 2025, astatine  Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful  Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever dribbles the shot during the crippled   against the New York Liberty connected May 24, 2025, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Indiana.  (A.J. Mast/NBAE via Getty Images)

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In her 4 games this season, Clark is averaging 19.0 points, 9.3 assists, and 6.0 rebounds. She already has a triple-double and double-double connected the season.

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