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New York – THE Indiana fever I came across the New York Liberty in their last game before the stars break this weekend while the star goalkeeper Caitlin Clark was sidelined with a groin injury.
Breanna Stewart led freedom with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and Sabrina Ionescu added 15 points and nine assists in the 98-77 victory on fever on Wednesday evening.
Breanna Stewart from New York Liberty (30) blocks a shot by Natasha Howard (6) from the Indiana Fever in the second half of a WNBA basketball match on Wednesday July 16, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
Freedom controlled most of the game as Clark was excluded Just before pierced with a groin injury, marking his third absence of the season due to an injury.
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“Listen, we faced adversity. There is no doubt about it. But we also grew up and we talked about it from the first day – it doesn’t matter what to come to us – and each team of the League has faced a kind of adversity,” said Fever Stephanie White’s head coach.
“We have to stop talking about the consistency of construction and we have to start doing it. We must understand that every day, we will see the best plans of opponents and we must be ready for that. And then we have to find I think that a kind of dog in us, right? We play hard and sometimes we can be in conformity and be very good for us.
White said the team was looking for a “reset” before Wgb All-Star Break which will be organized by Indiana from Friday. Clark should participate in the 3 -point competition, alongside Ionescu, and was appointed captain in the Saturday’s star match.
Caitlin Clark of Indiana Fever, third on the left, and Sophie Cunningham react with her teammates to a three -point shot by the Navy Johannes of New York Liberty during the second half of a basketball match of the WNBA on Wednesday July 16, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
Fiver Coach indicates that the appearance of the game of the stars of Caitlin Clark in the air while the team focuses on “long -term” health
But his latest setback raised questions about Clark’s availability for the weekend.
“No discussion on this weekend,” said White to journalists before the match. “There was the imagery made and of course, we excluded it for tonight, but there was no discussion beyond this evening.”
Clark deals with his second groin injury of the year. White said she didn’t believe that Clark’s last injury, which was suffered in the last minutes of Tuesday evening’s victory on Connecticut Sun, is the same as its previous injury. Clark also missed five games at the start of the season due to a quad injury.
“I am not really sure that it is a re-blue as much as a different injury. I often know that when you work with injuries in the groin and the quad and the hamstrings and all these things, there is just-they are all linked together and it is not always one thing.”
Caitlin Clark of Indiana Fever looks at the players to warm up before a WNBA basketball match between the New York Liberty and the fever on Wednesday July 16, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
The fever fell to 4-6 in Clark-free games after Wednesday evening’s defeat. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 16 points. The fever will come back from the stars break on Tuesday where they will face freedom in Brooklyn again.
