What Noise? Caitlin Clark Says 'It's Hard To Hear' After Ear Injury, But That May Be A Good Thing

If there was one place Caitlin Clark could use an injury, it is to one of her ears.

Considering all the ridiculous noise from Angel Reese, Chennedy Carter and some racially motivated media encircling a young woman who just wants to play basketball, it might be good that she can't hear everything perfectly at the moment.

"It's a little hard to hear," Clark said on Thursday ahead of her Indiana Fever (2-9) game at the Washington Mystics (0-10) tonight (7:30 p.m., Ion TV). "But it's all good."

Clark suffered a minor ear injury when she was inadvertently hit by a New York Liberty player on a screen early in the fourth quarter of the Fever's last game on Sunday - a 104-68 loss at New York. She went to the locker room briefly, returned and watched the rest of the blowout on the bench.

It was one of the few times this season that Clark was hit by accident. Last Saturday, Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter decked her with an intentionally hard body block when the ball was not even in play. Amazingly, nothing was called at the time, but the WNBA correctly issued a flagrant foul the next day after reviewing the play. Reese then hugged and congratulated her teammate Carter.

Clark spoke for the first time about the Carter hit before Friday's game with USA Today columnist and TV commentator Christine Brennan, but did not address it directly.

Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark hits the deck after Chicago sky guard Chennedy Carter knocked her down with a hard body blow while the ball was not in play Saturday in Indianapolis. (Getty Images)

"My focus is basketball," Clark said. "Sometimes it stinks how much the conversation is outside of basketball - not the product on the floor and the amazing players on the floor, and how good