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Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has been ruled out of her team's preseason home game against the Washington Mystics on Saturday afternoon with a left leg injury. The injury doesn't appear to be too serious. Clark provided an update to reporters before pregame warmups on Saturday and said she was dealing with "a little tightness."

Star guard Caitlin Clark has been ruled out of today’s preseason opener against the Washington Mystics. A starting five of Sydney Colson, Kelsey Mitchell, DeWanna Bonner, Natasha Howard, and Aliyah Boston will take the floor instead.