'I feel great': Caitlin Clark clears air on any injuries

While Caitlin Clark recorded another career milestone during her 20-point performance in the Indiana Fever's 107-104 season-opening loss to the Dallas Wings on May 9 from Gainbridge Fieldhouse, there is some growing concern that the former Iowa women's basketball legend could already be dealing with an ailment. Although the former Hawkeye fueled the Fever's third-quarter offensive resurgence, she was seen numerous times in the third and fourth quarters on the ABC broadcast receiving attention from team trainers, with Holly Rowe reporting that she was getting work done on her "hip flexor and groin area. " Saturday was Clark's first regular-season WNBA game since July 2025, when she suffered a right groin injury against the Connecticut Sun that eventually kept her out for the remainder of the season and playoffs.

Given that this was the same area of concern on Saturday, fans and media inquired about Clark's status in the team's postgame media availability. When asked about the validity of Holly Rowe's reports on the reasoning for the in-game treatments to Clark, head coach Stephanie White said, "That would be the first time I've heard that. " Stephanie White on ABC's report trainers were working on CC's hip flexor/groin: "That would be the first part I've heard that.

" On her trips to the tunnel for her back: "It's just part of maintaining the body ... this is going to be an ongoing thing, you know, and not just her. " https://t.

co/SS4Y1Vy8Dd — Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) May 9, 2026 "I think it's just part of maintaining the body," White added on the topic of Clark's tunnel trips. "… I mean, look, when we're all really young, we don't learn proper mechanics, and then it doesn't get exposed until something happens, and we're trying to get her body mechanically the way it needs to go. This is gonna be an ongoing thing, and not just her.