Caitlin Clark will potentially miss her 19th consecutive game because of a right groin injury when the Indiana Fever visit the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Fever (21-19) dropped from sixth to eighth place, the last place to qualify for the WNBA playoffs, after Sunday\u2019s 75-63 loss at the Golden State Valkyries.<\/p>\n
Four games remain in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Before 2025, Clark hadn\u2019t been sidelined by an injury since high school, but the superstar\u2019s second year in the WNBA has turned into an injury-ravaged campaign. She has played in just 13 of her team\u2019s 40 games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time I haven\u2019t felt like a young body that can run around and sprint,\u201d Clark told Glamour. \u201cBeing a professional athlete, you really have to take care of both your body and your mind. It\u2019s been a journey learning about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aerial Powers scored a season-high 17 points against Golden State off the bench for the injury-riddled Fever, who are without Sophie Cunningham (knee), Aari McDonald (foot) and Sydney Colson (knee) the rest of the season.<\/p>\n
The Fever will conclude their three-game road trip with the game against the Mercury (25-14).<\/p>\n
The teams split their first two meetings this season, with each team winning on its home floor.<\/p>\n
The Mercury have already clinched a playoff spot, but are battling the Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty to secure a top-four seed and home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Phoenix increased its winning streak to four games with Saturday\u2019s 80-63 win over the visiting Liberty.<\/p>\n
Satou Sabally leads the Mercury with 16.6 points per game, with Kahleah Copper next at 16.3.<\/p>\n
Alyssa Thomas leads the WNBA with 9.2 assists per game. She is also averaging 15.8 points and 8.9 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Phoenix coach Nate Tibbetts said the difference in the win over the Liberty was center Natasha Mack\u2019s eight points, 10 rebounds and four blocks.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just impacts winning with her effort on the glass,\u201d he said. \u201cShe flies around. Her teammates love her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n
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