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Alexa Philipou
New York – Indiana fever star Cetleen Clarke Was refused to go out for Wednesday night’s game New York Liberty After the right waist injury in Brooklyn in the last minute of Tuesday 85-77 wins Above Connecticut sun,
The position of Clarke, which has dealt with the issues of injury for most of the season for the All-Star festival in Indianapolis earlier this week, remains uncertain. He was named a contestant in Friday’s 3-point competition before Tuesday and was declared as a starter and captain for the first Saturday all-star game.
Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters after Tuesday’s game that Clarke “felt something in his waist”. He imagined on Wednesday to determine the boundary of injury.
White did not comment specifically for the expertise of athletic training staff, but said, “I consider it good news, just because for me, it’s anything that we are still talking about day to day, there is always good news for me, but this is a common man’s approach.”
White said she has not joined the discussion about Clarke’s situation for the all-star weekend. Indianapolis franchise is hosting this program for the first time in history.
White said, “Ketlin and his team will decide to talk about all-star.” “For me, having an all-star in Indianapolis is a big thing for us, and of course, a focal point of all that with Ketlin. As the coach of Indiana fever, it is not a big deal compared to our long-term weather, but it is also fun. They are interacting.
Clarke returned from a left waist injury in his fourth game, when around 40 seconds left in Tuesday’s game, he closed his right thigh after completing the bounce pass. Kelsey michelle For the score.
Clarke went away and exploded his head against a Stanchian in a clear disappointment. She was blindly emotional because she went to the bench of fever and placed a towel on her head.
“It’s very disappointing,” White said. “You think you are trying to do everything you can put in position to bring it to the past or move forward. And when there is a blow, it is mentally and emotionally difficult. And therefore, he was upset.”
The guard was initially listed on Indiana’s injury report, which was suspected before downgrade around 5 pm
Prior to this season, Clarke never left the game in his college or pro career. Wednesday’s competition will mark the 10th regular-season game with diseases so far in this summer (including the 11th Commissioner Cup final). While dating back to the Presiden, when she missed an exhibition game before playing in Iowa the next day, she dealt with her left quad along with two injuries with two injuries to her left waist.
Clarke has not played more than five consecutive games this season, with two separate stents two-week absence.
“I think we have contacted it at a slow pace from the beginning,” White asked Clarke’s priority to long -term health. “Large picture is most important: for her health and welfare, long -term and for our team. We are very slow in ensuring that she comes back every time she is ready. So we will continue it in this way. Long -term is the most important.”
White pointed to materiality that Clarke often experiences with a ball in his hands, because “it causes you to load separately, it causes you to explode differently, it causes you to accelerate and separate you separately. It is not a free-flow movement. [injury],
Indiana is 8–5 in a regular session with Clarke this season and 4-5 without it. 2024 First-Tim All-WNBA selection and former number 1 pick This summer has 16.5 points, 8.8 assistance and 5.0 rebound average.
“I think the biggest thing is just an attempt to keep it in good souls,” said White. “There were a lot of failures with all these minor injuries and we just have to take it a day a day. It is disappointing for him, I am sure, especially and I think for us as an employee and as an employee, just trying to encourage him and try to keep him to keep him.”
