{"id":616625,"date":"2026-05-01T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616625\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:04:09","slug":"caitlin-clark-tweaks-ankle-after-flagrant-foul-in-preseason-game-vs-dallas-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616625\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Tweaks Ankle After Flagrant Foul in Preseason Game vs. Dallas Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark<\/a> got off to a hot start for the Indiana Fever<\/a> in Thursday\u2019s preseason game against the Dallas Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After scoring just seven points on 2-of-10 shooting in her preseason debut<\/a> against the New York Liberty<\/a> on Saturday, Clark went off in the first quarter on Thursday. She dropped 14 points, two assists and a steal in the opening period against the Wings. The former Rookie of the Year was already up to 19 points by halftime.<\/p>\n

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Clark, however, suffered an injury scare in the third quarter of the game. The 24-year-old appeared to tweak her ankle, forcing her to the bench.<\/p>\n

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts during the first half against the New York Liberty.John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Clark was fouled on a three-point attempt at the 7:51 mark of the third quarter. Wings forward Alanna Smith<\/a> was assessed with a flagrant foul for extending her foot in Clark\u2019s landing zone as the Fever star went up for a three.<\/p>\n

Clark landed awkwardly, and it looked like she hurt her ankle. The two-time All-Star, however, was still able to take her free throws before exiting the game.<\/p>\n

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According to Fever reporter Tony East, Clark got herself checked<\/a> by the team\u2019s medical staff on the bench after the incident.<\/p>\n

The Fever have not provided an official update on Clark\u2019s injury status. However, she remained out for the remainder of the third quarter.<\/p>\n

As of writing, the Fever are down 82-72 with 8:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. Clark has 21 points on 4-of-6 shooting and 11-of-13 from the line, with two rebounds, four assists, a steal and two triples.<\/p>\n

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Related: Raven Johnson’s Bold Comment on Caitlin Clark Catches Attention<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark got off to a hot start for the Indiana Fever in Thursday\u2019s preseason game against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[49795,1760,2834,2839,436,52760,99,49895,434],"class_list":["post-616625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-alanna-smith","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-dallas-wings","tag-indiana-fever","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-preseason-game","tag-sports","tag-the-fever","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}