She looked to be clutching her right leg while on the floor, near her ankle — the same one she injured in the preseason. Trainers rushed over, both checking her ankle and testing the mobility of her knee.

The Indiana Fever faced a harsh reality Wednesday night: life without Caitlin Clark is not only unfamiliar — it’s uncomfortable. In what marked Clark’s first missed game since high school, Indiana struggled to find offensive rhythm in an 83-77 loss to the Washington Mystics.