Indiana Fever suffer worst loss of the season in Caitlin Clark's first missed game of career

One may argue that even though Caitlin Clark was off the court on Wednesday it made a matter that she is the The greater part Valuable Member in the WNBA That's because in the Indiana Fever's first battle without Clark since she suffered a quad injury the Fever suffered their worst loss of the young WNBA season The Washington Mystics took down the Clark-less Fever - on Wednesday night CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe Fever started out hot getting out to a - lead and even leading by five at a point during the second quarter But from left in the second until left in regulation the Mystics outscored the Fever - Their -point lead - was their largest of the night until garbage time free throws with under a minute left Indiana scored seven points in the final seconds to avoid a double-digit loss but the majority of the final minutes were all Mystics ANGEL REESE 'NOT THE VILLAIN' IN CAITLIN CLARK NARRATIVE JEMELE HILL SAYS AMID GROWING WNBA RIVALRYThe Fever's previous two losses this season came by a combined three points - they lost by one to the Atlanta Dream and by two to the reigning champion New York Liberty The Fever had the ball in the final seconds in both of those contests Their points are the lowest they've scored all season as well They had previously scored and Clark is slated to miss at least two weeks with a right quad injury In their first four games the Fever's point differential was The former Iowa Hawkeye is averaging points assists and rebounds in her four games of the season Last year she set the single-season record for the the greater part assists in one year en track to winning Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell tied with a team-high four assists on the night The Fever as a whole had just on the night Clark had a WNBA record on July of last year DeWanna Bonner dropped points off the bench leading the Fever Clark netted a season-high points last Tuesday against the Dream She dropped -plus points in each of her first two games before settling for just on Thursday and then on Saturday against the Liberty Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter