The highly anticipated matchup betwixt the Las Vegas Aces and the Indiana Fever connected Sunday astatine T-Mobile Arena could beryllium missing 2 of the WNBA’s biggest stars.
The Fever announced Friday that defender Caitlin Clark volition miss the crippled aft aggravating a lingering backmost wounded during Indiana’s June 24 contention against the Phoenix Mercury.
Clark leads the Fever with 8.2 assists per crippled and ranks 2nd connected the squad successful scoring with 21.2 points, trailing chap All-Star starter Kelsey Mitchell, who is averaging 21.6.
Indiana hopes Clark volition instrumentality during its back-to-back connected July 8-9 aft she returned to signifier connected Friday.
Meanwhile, the Aces’ A’ja Wilson missed her 2nd consecutive crippled connected Friday nighttime against the Chicago Sky aft rolling her ankle successful the 4th fourth of the team’s 107-99 triumph implicit Chicago connected June 28.
Aces manager Becky Hammon initially expected Wilson to miss lone a fewer days but present considers the four-time MVP “day-to-day,” leaving her presumption for Sunday’s matchup successful doubt.
“(Wilson) is tough,” Hammon said. “I privation to support her arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. She truly wants to play, but we are not going to unreserved it.”
Wilson has missed conscionable 16 games during her WNBA vocation since being selected No. 1 wide by Las Vegas successful 2018.
Fresh disconnected earning her 15th Western Conference Player of the Month award, she leads the league successful scoring astatine 25.7 points per game.
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