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WNBA Team Announces Good News After Indiana Fever Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Fever have been playing without Caitlin Clark and have lost two straight games.
Cunningham was injured in the second quarter when Sun guard Bria Hartley fell and made contact with her leg as she fell to the court after firing off a pass in the paint. Cunningham immediately grabbed her leg and fell to the court while screaming in pain before having to be helped to the back by the trainers.
The WNBA set a new regular-season attendance record on Friday, reaching the 2.43 million mark, per Colin Salao of Front Office Sports. The previous record was 2,364,736 fans back in 2002.
The injury bug keeps decimating the Indiana Fever's backcourt. Caitlin Clark has remained sidelined for over a month with a groin injury, and the Fever keep receiving bad news this summer. Indiana announced Tuesday that Sophie Cunningham will miss the rest of the 2025 season with a right knee
Over the last month or so, as Caitlin Clark has been out with a strained groin, the Indiana Fever have looked resilient at times and vulnerable at other times. Ever since she suffered her injury on July 15,
Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald are out for the season, while Caitlin Clark has missed 13 straight games with a groin injury.
For her efforts during the week, Mitchell was honored with the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, which was the second time she's received that recognition so far during the 2025 WNBA season.
The Indiana Fever emerged as a WNBA title contender under the leadership of Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark. The Fever were set to compete against some of the top teams in the WNBA, but they have been constantly hit with setbacks to their roster.