Clark sits out second game; Storm clip Wings
NEW YORK—Caitlin Clark missed a second straight game against New York on Tuesday while recovering from a right groin injury.
The Fever’s star guard was also absent from the team’s game against the Liberty before the All-Star break. She was supposed to compete in the Three-Point contest as well as Saturday’s All-Star Game, but missed both events.
Clark told reporters on Saturday night that she had been getting treatment during the festivities, which took place in Indianapolis.
She was injured in the final minute of last Tuesday’s victory at Connecticut.
Clark went to see a doctor in New York, according to Fever coach Stephanie White. White said she hadn’t talked to the trainers between shootaround and the game to get an update on how the doctor’s appointment went.
Barclays Center was full of fans, many of whom wore Clark’s No. 22 jerseys.
The second-year player missed 10 games during the first half of the season with three different muscle injuries, after never missing a game because of injury during her college career at Iowa or last season when she was selected the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year.
The two-time All-Star is averaging 16.5 points, 8.8 assists and 5.0 rebounds this season for a team that was expected to contend for a league championship. However, Clark’s injuries and other obstacles have kept the Fever hovering near the middle of the standings with a 12-11 mark.
“These soft tissue injuries, sometimes nag until you can actually have time to really allow to heal in the offseason,” White said.
In Seattle, Arike Ogunbowale scored 20 points, including four three-pointers, Paige Bueckers had 14 points for her 19th straight double-digit game to begin her career, and the Dallas Wings beat the short-handed Storm, 87-63.
Bueckers also had six assists to tie Caitlin Clark’s WNBA record for the fastest player to reach 300 points and 100 assists.
Skylar Diggins, Seattle’s leader with 17.5 points and 5.8 assists per game, did not play due to personal reasons.
