This article was originally published on www.si.com as Caitlin Clark Shares Hopeful Message After Fever Miss Out on WNBA Finals. The Fever ended their magical playoff run Tuesday night with a Game 5 loss to the Aces in their WNBA semifinal series. Caitlin Clark knows it's hardly the end of the road for Indiana.

Amid the controversy that swirled over alleged Cathy Engelbert comments about Clark before the Las Vegas Aces eliminated the Fever, the injured superstar instead chose to focus on her team and the fans in a post on X (formerly Twitter):

The Indiana Fever’s season came to an end with a 107-98 overtime loss at the hands of the Las Vegas Aces in Game 5 of the WNBA semi-finals.

The Indiana Fever entered the 2025 with high hopes, but their season was a bumpy one. Caitlin Clark experienced injury after injury and made her last appearance on July 15—before the All-Star Game. She injured her quadriceps,

Indiana's biggest basketball stars are proud of the Fever's effort despite a mountain of injuries throughout the WNBA season.

A’ja Wilson scored 35 points and Jackie Young had 32 to lead the Aces back to the WNBA Finals as Las Vegas held off pesky Indiana 107-98 in overtime in the deciding Game 5.

The No. 6-seeded Fever would face the Mercury in the finals, who just eliminated the Lynx. Indiana has won four playoffs games so far, the most by any underdog team since the Sky in 2021 (Chicago went on to win the WNBA championship). Game 5 of Fever-Aces is Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Angel Reese reacted to the criticism of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert's alleged disrespect of her and Caitlin Clark.