Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will miss her eighth consecutive game with a right groin injury Tuesday when her team takes on Kelsey Plum and the red-hot Los Angeles Sparks. Clark, who was injured late in the Fever's win over the Connecticut Sun on July 15,

However, there’s a compelling counter‐narrative brewing in Indiana: Kelsey Mitchell arguably put up numbers that were every bit as impressive (if not more so) and carried the Indiana Fever through a critical stretch while taking on an expanded role with Caitlin Clark sidelined.