Caitlin Clark’s groin strain sidelines her for Fever’s 3rd game in row, Commissioner’s Cup vs. Lynx

MINNEAPOLIS AP Caitlin Clark was ruled out of the WNBA Commissioner s Cup final on Tuesday with a strained groin her third straight absence for the Indiana Fever The Fever broadcasted on their pregame injury record that Clark would sit against the Minnesota Lynx in the championship challenge of the league s in-season tournament The championship does not count toward the regular-season standings Clark the first overall pick in the draft and one of the two captains selected for the WNBA All-Star Encounter later this month never missed a contest in college at Iowa or with the Fever as a rookie until a strained quadriceps earlier this season kept her out for five games The encounter against the league-leading Lynx was another high-profile matchup Clark s absence put a bit of a damper on She missed Indiana s match on Friday at Dallas that would ve pitted her against Wings rookie Paige Bueckers and featured the top picks of the last two drafts AP WNBA https apnews com hub wnba-basketball Source