{"id":724288,"date":"2026-06-25T02:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724288\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:39:15","slug":"caitlin-clark-injured-latest-on-fever-stars-status-after-exiting-vs-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724288\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Injured, Latest on Fever Star&#8217;s Status After Exiting vs. Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Indiana Fever are hoping for the best after their star exited Wednesday night&#8217;s game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The team announced that Caitlin Clark would not return to their matchup against the Phoenix Mercury because of a back injury. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Clark has been dealing with a back injury for the majority of the season, missing time in May because of the ailment. She previously said that the injury has been a mental battle as well as a physical one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;My back feels good,&#8221; Clark\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25430335-caitlin-clark-explains-injury-absence-fever-hopes-back-not-something-hinders-me\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0in May. &#8220;I think there&#8217;s moments where maybe I get in my head a little bit. That&#8217;s understandable, I need to have a little grace with myself. I need people to give me a little bit of grace too. When you go through so many things, it becomes a little bit traumatizing too. I hope it&#8217;s not something that hinders me. I think I&#8217;m doing everything I can to put myself in the best position I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Luckily, she&#8217;s been able to stay in the lineup this month, as Wednesday was the first time she was forced to exit because of her back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Clark, now in her third season, is putting up 21.3 points and 8.2 assists per game this year. She&#8217;s already played more than she did last year, when she was limited to just 13 games because of various ailments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Fever are currently in playoff position, sitting in sixth place at 10-7, but they&#8217;re not too far ahead of the ninth-placed Los Angeles Sparks, so they can&#8217;t afford to be without Clark for an extended period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever are hoping for the best after their star exited Wednesday night&#8217;s game. The team announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-724288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724288","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=724288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}