Fever have serious questions to answer about offense after brutal injury luck

The Indiana Fever are experiencing a pretty terrible case of the injury bug their last few games. Caitlin Clark went down with a quad injury after the team's loss to the New York Liberty, and she's out for at least the next two weeks. Then, Sydney Colson, who has been starting in her place as a result, went down with a left leg injury two games into Clark's absense from the team.

As if their guard injury luck couldn't get any worse, Sophie Cunningham then went down with a bad ankle injury late in the contest against the Connecticut Sun. That leaves the Fever with literally two guards - Lexie Hull and Kelsey Mitchell.

The team now has zero facilitators healthy until we know how serious the injuries are to Colson and Cunningham. Hull is a shooter. Mitchell is a shooter. And, none of the team's forwards outside of Aliyah Boston and DeWanna Bonner are decent at passing.

In short, Indiana has a lot of things to square away before they drop a fourth game in a row. That would threaten to completely derail the beginning part of their season, and completely bury them into a hole that'll be hard to dig out of even when Clark comes back from injury.

Fever's injury bug can bog them down

Clark should be back around the time of the teams' game against the Liberty at home, but by then, they'll have played two more games against teams that have already given then fits this season - the Washington Mystics and Atlanta Dream. They can potentially sign a hardship player depending on how long either Colson or Cunningham are out, but that's a bridge to cross when they get there.

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Outside of signings, they can also begin to operate with Mitchell running point and everyone else trying their best to cut and screen to create more offense for her.

Bonner, who went on a heater at the end of the Fever's game post-injuries, could see more playing time in place of Colson if she's set to miss time. That would open the floor up for Boston as a result, who has struggled to find spacing or stay on the floor as the team's only engine on offense in many possessions.

Indiana has to find their answer quickly. If not, they're facing a 2-7 start thanks to injuries.