INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark expects to play today when the Indiana Fever host the Golden State Valkyries after she missed the past five games with a left groin injury.

The All-Star captain participated in practice Monday, which was open to season ticket holders, playing in a 5-on-5 scrimmage. It was the first time she’d done that since getting hurt on June 26. Barring any setbacks, Clark will be available to play today.

After practice, Clark and fellow All-Star captain Napheesa Collier conducted the WNBA All-Star Game draft. Clark picked her Indiana teammate Aliyah Boston No. 1 while Collier took her Unrivaled business partner Breanna Stewart first.

Golden State’s Kayla Thornton, a first time All-Star and the Valkyries’ only choice, was Clark’s last selection in the 20-player draft.

Today will be the second time in barely two weeks the Valkyries will face Clark and the Fever. On June 19, the expansion team held the WNBA superstar to 11 points and she turned the ball over six times in Golden State's 88-77 win at Chase Center. Clark missed all seven of her 3-point attempts.

“It’s nice to get back out there and get back into the flow of playing with my teammates again,” Clark told reporters after practice Tuesday. “It’s going to be fun to get back out there, hopefully, and just feel things again. ... It’s obviously hard sitting out and watching for a few weeks, so I’m excited to get out there.”

The Valkyries are 9-9, but have lost their past two games. Today's game will be the third of a four-game trip. Golden State lost 82-71 at Minnesota on Saturday and 90-81 at Atlanta on Monday night and has yet to win a game outside of California. This trip concludes Saturday afternoon at the Las Vegas Aces. The Valkyries return to Ballhalla on July 14 against Phoenix, the second-place team in the Western Conference standings.

Clark played in two more games before she was shut down because of an injury for the second time this season. She’s only played in nine of the team’s 18 games this season as well as the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final which saw the Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx. Clark had a left quad injury that forced her to miss five games last month.

“I hope to play a decent amount — in the upper 20s. I guess it depends on how the game goes and how I feel and what the team needs,” Clark said. “But I feel pretty good. But I’m going to try to not overdo it and put myself in a good position moving forward.”

Clark, who had the first overall pick by being No. 1 in the fan vote, had said Monday there was “a high chance” that Boston and Kelsey Mitchell of the Fever would be on her team. Clark’s other choices for starters were New York’s Sabrina Ionescu from Orinda’s Miramonte High, Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson and Phoenix’s Satou Sabally, and she picked Mitchell as a reserve.

“I feel good. My team is very well-rounded. Love the team we have to start — the first five, I think we’re off to a good start,” Clark said.

Collier drafted Atlanta’s Allisha Gray, Seattle’s Nneka Ogwumike and Dallas rookie Paige Bueckers to complete her starting five.

“We’re dynamic, got people that can score at all levels, a point guard,” Collier said.

After Collier took Minnesota teammate Courtney Williams first in the reserve portion of the draft, Clark selected Mitchell. Two Seattle players went next with Skylar Diggins going to Collier and Gabby Williams to Clark, who passed up on the chance to draft fellow second-year player and longtime rival Angel Reese.

Clark and Reese teamed up during last season’s All-Star Game that pitted the WNBA’s best against the U.S. Olympic squad. The WNBA All-Stars won.

Collier took Reese with the third pick in the reserve draft.

She rounded out her squad with Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas, Los Angeles’ Kelsey Plum and Atlanta’s Rhyne Howard. Clark also drafted Washington rookies Sonia Citron and ex-Stanford star Kiki Iriafen, Las Vegas’ Jackie Young and Golden State’s Thornton.

Williams, Citron, Iriafen and Thornton are making their All-Star debuts.