India, July 6 -- Caitlin Clark's fans are pushing back hard after some people claimed the Indiana Fever are better without her. That talk started earlier this week when the Fever won back-to-back games against the Minnesota Lynx and the Las Vegas Aces while Clark was out with a groin injury. But on Saturday night, the Fever gave up a late lead and lost 89-87 at home to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was their second loss to LA in just over a week

Clark missed her fifth game in a row due to the injury and watched the game from the bench. After those earlier wins, some WNBA fans started saying maybe the Fever were playing better without her. But after losing again to a struggling Sparks team, those arguments seem to have died down.

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