In Caitlin Clark’s last three games played, she shot 1-for-23 from the 3-point line, a stark contrast from the dazzling logo 3s and big-time buckets fans are accustomed to seeing from the Indiana Fever star.

Clark is in the midst of a 3-point slump. Though she only played nine games so far this season, Clark is 29.5 percent from deep, the lowest of her career extending back to her time at Iowa, and posts three 0-fer games shooting from the arc. Last year as a rookie, Clark went 34.4 percent from 3.

“It’s a 44-game season, I’m not going to play perfect for 44 games, and that’s where I kinda really struggled last year at times,” Clark told reporters after a June 21 practice. “I held myself to such a level of perfection every single night that I wasn’t giving myself much grace. I didn’t play very well at Golden State (on June 19) but I wasn’t defeated after the game. Was I upset at the way my team performed, absolutely, but that doesn’t define our season by any means.”

How Clark, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, handles the pressure and expectations was commended by the newest No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers.

“She handles it with grace. The pressure that she’s put on every single night to perform at the level that she does, it’s inhumane, really, to expect people to be perfect and to not have off games or off nights,” Bueckers said at practice Thursday. “If she doesn’t go 8-for-10 from 3, people are questioning things. It’s unfair to have to deal with that.”

NEWS: Caitlin Clark will miss her sixth game of the season Thursday night as the Indiana Fever ruled their star guard out with a left groin injury. pic.twitter.com/O9yNmjLw8B

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Clark missed the Fever’s last game against the Los Angeles Sparks with a left groin injury. Coach Stephanie White said Clark’s injury is “very much a day-to-day thing” and Clark’s return depends on how she responds to treatment.

It was Clark’s sixth absence this season. She had never previously missed a regular-season or postseason game in college or the WNBA.

Clark returned to play on June 14 after missing three weeks with a left quad strain. Clark also missed one of Indiana’s preseason games with a left quad injury, although the team said her regular-season injury was not an aggravation of her prior injury.

Clark starred in her initial return to action, scoring 32 points and recording nine assists and eight rebounds against the New York Liberty. While she scored 20 points three days later against the Connecticut Sun, her shooting splits have suffered as Indiana went on a three-game road trip.

Aside from her 3-point woes, Clark recorded 22 turnovers on Indiana’s West Coast trip, and her six-point performance in the Fever’s eight-point win over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday was a season low.

On the year, Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game. The Fever (7-8) sit in fourth in the Eastern Conference.

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