Fever, Sky matchup draws big viewership as an injured Caitlin Clark cheers from sidelines

The Indiana Fever were shorthanded entering their latest crippled against the Chicago Sky. 

But, Indiana cruised to a 79-52 triumph — contempt prima defender Caitlin Clark sitting retired connected Saturday with a quad injury. The Sky besides mislaid 1 of its prima players during the game. Courtney Vandersloot suffered a devastating genu injury. A timetable for her instrumentality remains unclear.

More than 19,000 fans filled the United Center to ticker the archetypal WNBA crippled connected grounds astatine the Chicago Bulls location arena. While thousands gathered to instrumentality successful the enactment successful person, galore much fans tuned into the game.

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On Tuesday, the WNBA announced the crippled drew an mean of 1.92 cardinal viewers. Those numbers bespeak the 3rd highest viewership for a crippled carried by CBS. It besides was a large summation implicit the network's mean regular play crippled viewership.

Jun 7, 2025; Chicago, Illinois; Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) applauds her teammates during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Chicago Sky astatine United Center. (Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images)

"The crippled peaked astatine 2.16 cardinal viewers," the league said.

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According to Front Office Sports, the United Center was operating astatine a somewhat reduced capableness owed to immoderate construction.

Jun 7, 2025; Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese (5) drives to the handbasket against Indiana Fever guardant Natasha Howard (6) during the 2nd fractional of a WNBA crippled astatine United Center. (Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images)

"The Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever drew a sold retired assemblage of 19,496 fans to the archetypal WNBA crippled successful United Center. The arena usually fits adjacent to 21,000, but determination was ongoing operation that constricted today’s capacity," the outlet reported connected Saturday.

Jun 7, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; The Chicago Sky play Indiana Fever during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA crippled astatine United Center. (Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images)

The nonaccomplishment to the Fever dropped the Sky's 2025 grounds to 2-5. Entering Tuesday's action, lone the Connecticut Sun and Dallas Wings beryllium beneath the Sky successful the WNBA standings.

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The Fever and the Sky antecedently met successful May. The aboriginal play matchup drew a grounds 2.7 cardinal viewers, making it the most-viewed WNBA regular play crippled successful 25 years.

The Fever’s 93-58 triumph peaked astatine 3.1 cardinal viewers.

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