Overview

• Clark has been sidelined since July 15 by a right groin injury and will miss her fourth straight game, with the Fever at 7-7 in her absence and 8-5 when she plays.
• Cunningham launched the Show Me Something podcast and used explicit criticism to label Clark’s detractors as “dumb as s---” while defending her status as the WNBA’s face.
• Jeanie Buss and Women of Wrestling co-owner Dave McLane have publicly courted Cunningham, attracted by her fierce court presence and growing notoriety.
• Indiana has sustained the league’s third-best offensive rating and fourth-highest net rating by leaning on scorers such as Kelsey Mitchell, Aliyah Boston and Lexie Hull during Clark’s absence.
• Clark’s arrival drove Fever home attendance to 17,000 per game, helped produce multiple one-million-viewer broadcasts and lifted central Indiana’s projected economic impact to $36.5 million.