Caitlin Clark sustained a quad injury and will be out for Indiana Fever’s next games, after a great start of the season. The guard will miss regular season games due to injury for the first time in her professional and collegiate career. However, coach Stephanie White believes that there is a positive from her time off.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for Caitlin to watch the game from the sideline, to grow in a coaching kind of mindset and see some different things that we might be talking about on film, addressing in practice, to see it develop in live action,” White said, according to CBS Sports.
“As players you see [the game] in a micro viewpoint, and when you’re on the sideline, and you’re watching it as a whole, you get to see it a different way from a macro viewpoint. I think it’s gonna give her a unique perspective, and she’s gonna come back better, and it’s gonna help us be better,” she added.
According to White, Clark will be able to be in a “coach’s mindset” while she is out. “Listening to us and our conversations, whether it’s in practice or on the sidelines, talking about what our emphasis is, what we’re looking for, and you see it from a different perspective,” she explained.
Indiana Fever’s guard Caitlin Clark is guarded by NY Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Clark recorded a season-high 27 points last Tuesday against the Atlanta Dream. She scored over 20 points in each of her first two games, followed by 11 points on Thursday and 18 points on Saturday against the reigning champion New York Liberty.
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How much time is Caitlin Clark expected to miss?
Clark is expected to be out for at least two weeks. She will miss at least four games for the Fever, starting with Wednesday’s road game against the Washington Mystics, the first of two matchups against Washington.
It’s not clear when Clark sustained the injury. She has played in all four of the Fever’s games so far this season, helping Indiana start 2-2 and recording at least a double-double in three of those contests.
