Caitlin Clark back in Fever lineup against Valkyries after missing one game with injury

Caitlin Clark is acceptable to beryllium backmost successful enactment Friday nighttime successful the Indiana Fever’s crippled against the Golden State Valkyries aft missing 1 crippled with an injury, the squad announced.

Clark, 24, was a precocious scratch and missed the Fever’s crippled Wednesday against the Portland Fire. The Fever disclosed Clark’s wounded conscionable 2 hours earlier tipoff, and she was not listed connected the team’s wounded study a time earlier erstwhile she didn’t practice.

The WNBA warned the Fever for failing to study Clark’s wounded presumption earlier she was a precocious scratch.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark warms up connected the tribunal earlier a WNBA crippled against the Seattle Storm connected May 17, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Doug McSchooler/Special to IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The league requires teams to database players who are injured connected a study by 5 p.m. the nighttime earlier the crippled is played. If a player’s presumption changes overnight oregon aboriginal successful the day, the squad is expected to update the wounded report. The mishap sparked the warning, the league told The Associated Press.

Despite not having Clark successful the lineup Wednesday, the Fever inactive bushed the Fire 90-73. Aliyah Boston (24 points) and Kelsey Mitchell (21 points) led the Fever successful the win.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark looks connected during the 2nd fractional against the Los Angeles Sparks astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected May 13, 2026. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

Clark, present successful her 3rd play with the Fever, has gotten disconnected to a torrid start. In 4 games this season, Clark is averaging 24.3 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds per game.

The erstwhile Iowa prima hopes her backmost contented is not lingering, arsenic she aims to beryllium connected the level overmuch much than past season. Clark was constricted to conscionable 13 games past play arsenic she dealt with a litany of injuries.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark plays during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Seattle Storm astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse connected May 17, 2026. (Doug McSchooler/Special to IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The Fever (3-2) volition extremity disconnected against the Valkyries (3-1) astatine 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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