Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson will miss the Sunday, July 5 game against the Indiana Fever with a right ankle injury after hurting it during a June 28 matchup versus the Chicago Sky. Wilson remains on an MVP-caliber pace despite missing 16 games earlier in he
For the second time in a row, a marquee matchup is being rewritten by an injury report.
Las Vegas Aces All-Star A’ja Wilson will not play on Sunday, July 5, against the Indiana Fever at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN because of a right ankle injury. The absence matters beyond one game; Wilson is the league’s early MVP headline and the engine behind an Aces team that leans on her production in every stretch.
Wilson injured her right ankle during the fourth quarter of Las Vegas’ game against the Chicago Sky on June 28. After securing a loose ball. she fell to the floor. grabbed her ankle. and then got up and returned to the locker room. She later came back into the game. played 34 minutes. and finished with 30 points on 57% shooting. 15 rebounds. four steals. and three blocks.
Even with the injury headline, Wilson’s season line keeps stacking up. The 29-year-old is averaging 25.7 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 steals, and 2.0 blocks. She leads the WNBA in points per game and blocks per game, is fourth in blocks, and is 10th in steals per game.
There’s another layer to the timing: Wilson has missed 16 games in her WNBA career. including the Commissioner’s Cup on June 30 against the New York Liberty. That history doesn’t change what she’s doing this season. but it does frame what the Aces will be forced to manage on the floor if her right ankle keeps limiting her.
The injury ripple extends to the Fever as well. Caitlin Clark will also miss her second straight game. She did not play in the Fever’s Saturday, June 27 game against the Los Angeles Sparks. Earlier that week. Clark left a June 24 game against the Phoenix Mercury at the 5:15 mark in the third quarter with a back injury and did not return.
The sequence is stark: Wilson leaves Sunday’s spotlight after an ankle scare that originated in the fourth quarter of a June 28 loss to the Chicago Sky. while Clark’s recent absence traces back to a back injury that pushed her out of a June 24 game against the Phoenix Mercury. Both teams now head into a high-profile matchup with their key offensive and defensive anchors sidelined.
As the clock runs toward tipoff. the central question for both franchises is how much their game plans have to change without those two stars—especially when Wilson’s current production has her leading the league in points per game and blocks per game. and Clark’s absence removes the Fever’s most prominent creator for the second straight contest.
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