Caitlin Clark insisted she’d be fine after her recent illness scare, where she was seen puking in a trash can. But after a rather uncharacteristically difficult outing against the New York Liberty, questions about whether the Indiana Fever star has fully recovered have come up. In fact, longtime Fever reporter Scott Agness suggested as much during Indiana’s matchup with New York.

“She’s hanging in there, and probably not yet over the sickness she described after last game,” Agness wrote on X while covering the contest.

The comment immediately stood out because Clark’s health had already become a major talking point in the week. While she herself downplayed the concerns, the fact is that she didn’t look like herself against the game with Liberty.

The Fever guard missed her first five shots of the night and struggled to generate the same offensive flow that has fueled Indiana’s recent success.

Even though she was averaging 19.8 points per game, when the final buzzer of this game went off, she finished the night with just 10 while going 4-of-14 from the field and 2-for-7 from beyond the arc.

Still, her playmaking did help build a 12-point lead midway through Q3, as she repeatedly looked to create opportunities for her teammates whenever New York’s defense crowded her driving lanes.

However, with Jonquel Jones, Han Xu, and Breanna Stewart on New York’s roster, the Fever was having a hard time going up against their length. It forced Clark to pull back after attacking the rim.

So, seizing the opportunity, Stewart took control of the game on the other end. The former MVP poured in 30 points as New York erased Indiana’s lead and closed the game on a decisive run to secure an 83-75 victory.

Agness had flagged ‘two tough hits’ that Clark took to the stomach, then the face during the Liberty game. So, whether it was the lingering illness or the physical blows, the biggest takeaway from this game was that Clark never quite looked like herself against the Liberty.

The illness that sparked concern

The conversation surrounding Clark’s health began days before and in Indiana’s game against the Atlanta Dream.

At halftime, CC was seen throwing up in a trash can next to the Fever bench. See, that could have been an upset stomach or just the weather, as reported by Michael Grady, the on-air announcer for Amazon Prime. But Clark has a history of dealing with migraines throughout her life, which sometimes even caused her to vomit. And though we know she was sick, it wasn’t revealed if that was the reason behind it.

“I haven’t puked that much in a really long time. But then I felt fine, I felt light,” she told reporters afterward before adding, “I’ll be good.”

Caitlin Clark finished her game against the Dream with 17 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists despite the illness. So when she told her fans she’ll “be good,” they had no reason not to believe her. That’s what makes Agness’ latest observation so noteworthy.

This loss will definitely leave many fans disappointed, but given the concerns surrounding Caitlin Clark’s health over the last week, many will likely be focused on a different question moving forward: whether their franchise star can get back to feeling like herself again.