Fever's Clark (groin) out Thursday vs. Sparks

Caitlin Clark volition miss the Indiana Fever's Thursday nighttime crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks arsenic she deals with a near groin issue, the Fever announced.

Just implicit a week ago, Clark returned for a near quad wounded that held her retired for 5 games. Since her instrumentality she's averaged 17.8 points implicit 5 games, including a 32-point outburst successful her archetypal crippled backmost against the New York Liberty, handing the defending champions their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the season.

The Fever went 3-2 without Clark betwixt May 28 and June 10.

Clark besides missed Indiana's archetypal preseason crippled connected May 3 with a near limb issue. When Clark injured her quad, Fever manager Stephanie White said that was not related to her preseason injury. It's unclear if this groin wounded is related and if she could miss an extended play of time.

Clark is averaging 18.2 points connected 39% shooting, including 29.5% from three, 8.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds per crippled done her 9 games this season.