Saturday at Dallas: Caitlin Clark vs. Paige Bueckers on ABC, 1 PM ET. First regular-season meeting of their pro careers. It's also Clark's first regular-season game since July 15, 2025 — 297 days off after the right groin tear ended her 2025. Clark scored 33 points across her last two preseason games.

It's the matchup the W has been waiting for. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, on the same court, in a regular-season game that counts. Saturday, 1 PM ET at College Park Center in Arlington, on ABC. They've never met as pros before — Bueckers missed last summer's Wings-Fever games as a rookie too injured to suit up.

Clark hasn't played a regular-season game since July 15, 2025, when she tore her right groin and missed the rest of last year. That's 297 days. Over her last two preseason games she scored 33 points in 29 minutes on 7-of-10 shooting and looked like vintage Clark. Worth noting: GMs in the anonymous league survey actually voted Bueckers (5 votes) over Clark (3) as the player they'd build a franchise around — a direct shot at Clark after her injury-riddled 13-game sophomore year.

Bueckers is coming off Rookie of the Year and a No. 1 pick (Azzi Fudd) joining her in the backcourt. The Wings beat the Fever 95-80 in the preseason behind Bueckers' 20 first-half points. Indiana wants the rematch. As Bueckers said this week: "Me and Caitlin have been competing against each other for a long time. The greatest way to show respect is to compete."