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WNBA Phenom Kate Rinklerk Her team announced on Friday.
Indiana Fever Clark was listed as suspicious in his leg issues in Saturday’s preseason opening game.
At this time, there are no details about the diseases of the stars.
Last season, Clark averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game. She scored all the rookies, leading the WNBA with average assists, helping Fever return to the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
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Indiana Fever’s Kate Linklark looks back during a match against the Atlanta Dream at Gateway Center Arena In Atlanta on August 26th, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
But more than her team relies on Clark, with the league and the entire sport relying on stars to increase popularity.
Clark became the most viewed team in the WNBA due to landslides Her newcomer yearbecause all 14 most viewed games of the season are related to fever. On top of that, she broke records with most All-Star votes for every player in WNBA history.
Internal Kate Linklark’s impact on men’s basketball
Indiana Feverguard Kate Rinklark smiles as he looks to the team bench during his game against the Dallas Wings at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas on September 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
In early September 2024, Clark’s Indiana Fever played in front of a television audience of 1.26 million viewers in a game with the Minnesota Links that coincided with the NFL game one Friday night between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers.
In Clark’s first regular season finale against the Washington Mystics on September 19, 20,711 fans who appeared at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC set the record for the best WNBA regular season contest.
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Indiana Feverguard Kate Rinklark will dribble during a match against the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Field House in Indianapolis on September 15, 2024. (AP photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Clark and Fever drew a WNBA record 1.84 million TV viewers at ABC took part in their first playoff game against the Connecticut Sun on September 22, competing with NFL Sunday. She followed it with another record audience of 2.54 million viewers for Game 2.
However, after the Fever season ended, the WNBA Playoffs saw a sudden dropout in viewers.
The first semi-final game between the Las Vegas ace and New York Liberty was last year’s WNBA Finals rematch between the two most popular and successful teams in the league, attracting just 929,000 viewers.
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