{"id":77224,"date":"2025-08-17T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77224\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:24:07","slug":"when-fever-hope-shell-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77224\/","title":{"rendered":"When Fever &#8216;hope&#8217; she&#8217;ll return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fever are holding out hope that Caitlin Clark will be back before the end of the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The superstar guard, who has been dealing with a right groin injury, has<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/sports\/how-caitlin-clark-is-navigating-frustrating-days-of-injury-plagued-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> missed the last month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fever coach Stephanie White offered somewhat of a status update on Clark before a game against the Sun on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36857077\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-109599332.jpg\" alt=\"Indiana Fever players sitting courtside.\" class=\"wp-image-36857077\"  \/>Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever looks on during the game against the Chicago Sky on August 9, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.  NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the hope,\u201d White said, when asked about Clark potentially returning before the playoffs. \u201cThe hope is that she\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a forgettable second season for Clark. She has missed time with a quad and groin injuries. The 2024 No. 1 pick and first-team All-WNBA selection has appeared in just 13 games this season, averaging\u00a016.5 points, 8.8 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game. <\/p>\n<p>The Fever have declined to put a timeline on a return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience throughout the year, trying to come back and come back quickly, has also taught her that she needs to make sure that she\u2019s 100 percent,\u201d White said. \u201cYes, every competitor wants to play, but at the same time doing it the right way and making sure, after we\u2019ve had a couple of setbacks, that we\u2019re prioritizing her long-term health and wellness is the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark usually travels with the Fever for road games, but didn\u2019t make the trip to Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p> Indiana has lost two games amid mounting injuries. It still sits in seventh place with 10 games to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36857092\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-109528045.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever reacts during a game.\" class=\"wp-image-36857092\"  \/>Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever reacts during a game. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have great leadership in that locker room,\u201d White said. \u201cThis group is tight. They\u2019re connected. They stay together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, for us, reiterating we\u2019ve got to be where our feet are. We can\u2019t look too far behind us. We can\u2019t look too far in front of us. We\u2019ve got to make sure that we\u2019re focused on one day at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fever are holding out hope that Caitlin Clark will be back before the end of the regular&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,2803,82,630],"class_list":["post-77224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}