{"id":376146,"date":"2026-06-26T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376146\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:43:08","slug":"caitlin-clark-to-miss-game-against-los-angeles-sparks-fever-coach-stephanie-white-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376146\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark to miss game against Los Angeles Sparks, Fever coach Stephanie White confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indiana Fever<\/a> will be without their biggest offensive weapon Saturday against the Los Angeles Sparks.<\/p>\n

Fever star Caitlin Clark has been ruled out due to an injury she received in a game against the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

While many believe the injury stemmed from an incident in which Mercury guard Alyssa Thomas appeared to punch Clark in the throat, she actually exited the game nearly a quarter later after landing awkwardly while being fouled by Valeriane Ayayi.<\/a><\/p>\n

OUTKICK SPORTS CARTOON OF THE DAY: THE LATEST ATTACK ON CAITLIN CLARK<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Phoenix <\/p>\n

Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas scrambles to get up over Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark during a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 24, 2026. The Phoenix Mercury defeated the Indiana Fever 111-109. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n

Clark left the game with a back injury immediately after and it is believed that’s the same reason she will be missing the game against the Sparks over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Fever head coach Stephanie White confirmed Clark would be out for Saturday’s game, and added that there’s “no indication” on how long she will be out and didn’t give a timetable for her return.<\/p>\n

CAITLIN CLARK EXITS EARLY WITH BACK ISSUE AS FEVER FALL TO MERCURY<\/a><\/p>\n

With regard to the throat punch, Thomas was not called for a foul for the incident during the game, but she was subsequently suspended<\/a> for one game by the WNBA for her conduct.<\/p>\n

These incidents come on the heels of Clark being left off the WNBA’s 30th anniversary poster that was made for their official X account.<\/p>\n

\"Caitlin <\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark is clearly the most popular player in the WNBA. (Pepper Robinson\/NBAE)<\/p>\n

Between the poster snafu, the throat punch, and the Ayayi foul, many are accusing the league, including officials, coaches, and even players of failing to protect – much less promote – their biggest asset, as Clark has been both a superstar and a lightning rod from the first time she stepped onto a WNBA court.<\/p>\n

FEVER COACH ADDRESSES PHYSICALITY DIRECTED AT CAITLIN CLARK AFTER LATEST INJURY: ‘IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS’<\/a><\/p>\n

Clark has been on the receiving end of many hard fouls during her short tenure in the league, many of which have seemed intentional.<\/p>\n

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From an on-court perspective, it’s unfortunate to see Clark having to miss even a small stretch<\/a> of games given how well she has been playing recently.<\/p>\n

In the past six games, Clark has led the WNBA in both total points and assists, and is averaging nearly 26 points per game over that stretch.<\/p>\n

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\"Caitlin <\/p>\n

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark shoots the ball against the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 24, 2026. (Andy Lyons\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hopefully the WNBA can get a handle on why their biggest star arguably since the league’s inception keeps getting treated like a disposable bench player.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, let’s all wish Clark a speedy recovery back from her injury.<\/p>\n

Austin Perry is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever will be without their biggest offensive weapon Saturday against the Los Angeles Sparks. Fever star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131482,85682,48,52,51,47,50,49,115424,121010,127830,53199],"class_list":["post-376146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-indiana-fever","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-outkick-sports","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}