Caitlin Clark’s Heartbreaking Reaction to Fever Teammates’ Season-Ending Injuries

It’s seemingly been one gut-punch after another for the Indiana Fever this season.

The team has had to play more than half of its games without star guard Caitlin Clark, guard Sophie Cunningham was named in a lawsuit involving Phoenix Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein (she’s since denied it’s true), and it parted ways with six-time All-Star DeWanna Bonner in the most awkward and public way possible.

Then on Friday, the Fever announced that both Sydney Colson (ACL tear) and Aari McDonald (broken bone in foot) would miss the rest of the season after suffering their respective injuries in Thursday’s 95-60 loss to the Mercury, leaving Indiana with just three healthy guards — Cunningham, Lexie Hull, and Kelsey Mitchell.

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After the news broke of the dual injuries, Clark took to social media to express her condolences to both of her teammates on her Instagram account.

“Love you guys 🖤,” Clark wrote on her Instagram story along with photos of both players.

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Clark seemingly took the news hard, which broke not long after she appeared on Sue Bird’s “Bird’s Eye View” podcast, where she opened up about how difficult her injury has been on her personally.

“It’s just been so challenging being active and playing four games and then not,” Clark said. “And like not feeling the best and then frustrated of how hard I worked in the offseason and then all I do is rehab and continue to do this process and just trying to trust that the best I can.

“Obviously, there’s really frustrating days and there’s days where it’s a little bit easier and you’re very, very motivated and you’re right up close to the finish line of getting back and being back.”

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Things have been difficult enough for the Fever without Clark, but now down two more guards, the team is going to be challenged mightily if it wants to keep its playoff hopes alive.

Indiana actually fared decently without Clark, going 5-4 since her recent groin injury that kept her out of the All-Star game, but now without two other depth pieces, the Fever are in an unenviable situation.

They can’t sign any players to a hardship contract until after Saturday’s game against the Chicago Sky due to WNBA rules, meaning they’ll have just nine players available for that game.