Minneapolis – Calin Clarke was excluded for the WNBA Commissioner Cup final between Indiana fever and Minnesota Links on Tuesday night.
Clarke said that earlier this week she would push her to play after listing her day-to-day after fever. His availability is moving forward remains uncertain.
Clarke said on Monday, “I can do everything to keep myself in position to play the next game. It is always my goal.”
Fever (8-8) could use his top player in his highest-profile game of the season. He will play Links (14-2) in the league’s Championship Games of the IN-Sea Tourney, which comes with a $ 500,000 prize pool and donates the team’s chosen charities to win and lose.
After winning the Commissioner Cup against New York Liberty in 2024, Links are trying to post back-to-back titles. Liberty took revenge on links in the WNBA final.
Links Star Neffasa Kolier said that she expects a deep atmosphere in Minianpolis.
“I think it’s going to feel like a playoff game,” said Kolier. “It’s going to be really fun. Our fans show us for every game, but especially in that environment. … It’s going to electrify.”
Clarke grew up as a fan fan of Links in neighboring iowa, and he pulled the throng of supporters in Minnesota during his collection career during his first season in WNBA along with Iowa Hawkis.
In the lineup on Tuesday, Kelsey Mitchell will need to carry the scoring load. She leads fever with 18.9 points per game this season.
This will be the first appearance of fever in the Commissioner Cup title game.
“These are moments we are going to see back,” Clarke said. “Everyone is here through a little adverseness. (I) I am giving credit to my group to be able to live together and know that whatever is in our locker room we need to win.
“Our group is really proud, every single day.”
Colier feels about links in the same way. She leads the team with 24.4 points per game and 8.5 rebounds, and she has appeared in the back-to-back games after her back-to-back injury for the last two competitions.
Kayla McBrid scored an average of 15.8 points for Minnesota, and Curtney Williams rounded the top three scorer with 12.9 points per competition. He ranks fourth in WNBA with 6.0 assistance per game.
Links Guard Carly Samuelson left his most recent game due to a toe injury, and his position for Tuesday night is uncertain. It is an average of 3.3 points (four beginnings) in 16 sports.
Fever will also be without any damoris dentus, who is playing for Brazil in an international tournament. The average of 5.0 points in 13 matches from the bench is 5.0 points.
-Tom Musk, Field Level Media
