The Indiana Fever will need a short memory. After their Game 1 loss to the Las Vegas Aces, they are on the brink of elimination in the WNBA playoffs.<\/p>\n
The spotlight is on Caitlin Clark after her difficult first game. The guard finished with 15 points, 10 assists and 3 rebounds, but she committed 6 turnovers and struggled with her shot: 6 of 17 from the field and 3 of 10 from three.<\/p>\n
The other big question is whether the back injury she has been dealing with for months is affecting her performance. Indiana has already released its injury report.<\/p>\n
Caitlin Clark’s status<\/p>\n
Clark is listed as probable because of her back issue, so everything points to her playing. Aliyah Boston is also listed as probable, with a lower right leg injury.<\/p>\n
Ty Harris will not be available: she has been ruled out for the playoffs with a lower left leg injury. Damiris Dantas, the backup center, will not play either; she underwent knee surgery that ended her 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Indiana’s injury report against Las Vegas:Aliyah Boston: Probable (lower right leg)Caitlin Clark: Probable (back)Damiris Dantas: Out (left knee)Ty Harris: Out (lower left leg)<\/p>\n
The Fever arrive nearly at full strength for the most important game of the year<\/p>\n
Sophie Cunningham can\u2019t stop laughing after Caitlin Clark joins her in viral AI recreation<\/p>\n
Indiana needs to win to keep its championship dream alive; a loss would mean elimination. Having Clark and Boston available is key, since together with All-Star Kelsey Mitchell they form the trio that shapes the team’s fate.<\/p>\n
In Game 1, Clark and Mitchell struggled with their efficiency, one of the reasons the Fever fell behind early and never managed to recover.<\/p>\n
Now they will have to show a different version of themselves. In the regular season they beat Las Vegas in two of three meetings, although the Aces come in with two straight wins over them.<\/p>\n
It all comes down to whether Clark, Boston and Mitchell show up in the decisive moments. If all three connect, Indiana will have a great chance to extend the series and force a Game 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever will need a short memory. After their Game 1 loss to the Las Vegas Aces,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-864185","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\/864185","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=864185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}