‘Humiliation ritual’: Caitlin Clark’s teammates face criticism for not helping her enough

The Indiana Fever lost in blowout fashion, 106-92, to the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night. Surprisingly, Los Angeles was without its star point guard, Kelsey Plum, who is dealing with an injury, while the Fever got its standout back from injury after she missed a couple of games with back troubles.

Unfortunately, Clark didn’t look like her normal self in the game. She struggled from the field, going 4-for-12, including 1-for-6 from the three-point line. However, even on nights when she isn’t scoring well, Clark usually manages to get her teammates involved. On Wednesday, however, she recorded only three assists.

Many fans on social media felt that Clark’s lack of production was less on her and more on her teammates not doing enough to help her out.

“Why the FCK is CC playing with the bench players and not the starters. This sht is a humiliation ritual for Caitlin,” one fan posted on X.

“Came out here to see Caitlin live, to see what the fuss is about. Shes been okay but what has shocked me the most is anytime her teammates have the ball or Clark sets them up they are HORRENDOUS. Now I know why Clark looks so upset the whole game her teammates are TRASH,” one fan at the game posted, along with a clip of a poor sequence.

Came out here to see Caitlin live, to see what the fuss is about.

Shes been okay but what has shocked me the most is anytime her teammates have the ball or Clark sets them up they are HORRENDOUS. Now I know why Clark looks so upset the whole game her teammates are TRASH pic.twitter.com/3fAjMURQnW

— Jacob (@Jacobtheclipper) July 9, 2026

“Correct. There is massive skill gap in the WNBA that you won’t see in any other pro sport. Caitlin Clark is sharing equal playing time with (some) teammates who should be on the bench most of the game. It’s absolutely insane,” another fan posted.

“It’s going to take time to get acclimated.”

Clark spoke after the game about how hard it was for her to get into a rhythm under a minute restriction, which forced her to play in short 2-3-minute spurts before being subbed out, ending the game with just 16 minutes total.

“It’s just really hard when you’re playing three minutes, (sub) out, three minutes, three minutes, then you’re on the bench,” Clark said, via IndyStar. “It’s really, really hard to get into a flow. For the most part, I got good looks; some of them went, some of them didn’t. I probably didn’t get to have a feel for the game as I usually do, like it’s just really, really hard for me to play in that scenario, but overall, my body feels great, so that’s the positive I can take from today.”

Fever head coach Stephanie White wasn’t too concerned with how things went.

“Anytime you’ve missed a couple weeks, it’s going to take time to get acclimated,” White said. “It’s going to take time to build endurance … It’s just a tough scenario when you’re on a minutes restriction, and you’re trying to get back into rhythm throughout the course of the season. She’s going to continue to get better, and we’re going to continue to get better as we get her working back in.”

Clark has already been ruled out for Thursday’s game against the Phoenix Mercury.

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