Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has officially been ruled out of the Commissioner's Cup championship game on Tuesday with a left groin injury. The Fever, who are in the championship for the first time in franchise history, will have to take on the defending champion Minnesota Lynx without their best player.

Caitlin Clark was ruled out of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final on Tuesday with a strained groin, her third straight absence for the Indiana Fever. The Fever announced on their pregame injury report that Clark would sit against the Minnesota Lynx in the championship game of the league's in-season tournament.

The Indiana Fever have won their first WNBA Commissioner's Cup. The Fever, despite being without star Caitlin Clark, defeated the Minnesota Lynx 74-59 to claim the fifth-ever Commissioner's Cup.