Fever get warning from league over Caitlin Clark injury reporting

The WNBA warned the Indiana Fever connected Thursday for failing to study Caitlin Clark's wounded presumption earlier she became a precocious scratch up of their crippled against the Portland Fire.

The Fever disclosed Clark’s wounded 2 hours earlier tip-off connected Wednesday. She was not listed connected the team’s wounded study a time anterior erstwhile she didn’t practice.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark jogs up the tribunal during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks successful Los Angeles connected May 13, 2026. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

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.

Clark is listed arsenic probable for the Fever’s location crippled against the Golden State Valkyries

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark reacts aft getting deed successful the oculus during the archetypal circular of the 2024 WNBA playoffs against the Connecticut Sun astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Conn., connected Sept. 22, 2024. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire)

The superstar’s 2025 play was marred by aggregate injuries. She suffered 1 earlier the All-Star interruption and past different portion she was rehabbing.

She spoke astir a lingering backmost contented already this season. She said aft the team’s opening nonaccomplishment that her backmost "gets retired of enactment beauteous quickly."

Clark has been backmost astatine the apical of her crippled since she returned to the floor.

She’s averaging 24.3 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds done the archetypal 4 games she’s played in.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark and center-forward Aliyah Boston stock a infinitesimal earlier the archetypal fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks successful Los Angeles connected May 13, 2026. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

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In the triumph against the Seattle Storm, she scored 21 points, dished retired 10 assists and grabbed 7 rebounds.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.