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Caitlin Clark might have gotten her true “Welcome to the WNBA” second on Saturday through the Indiana Fever’s third straight lack of the season on the highway in opposition to the New York Liberty.
Clark led the Fever with 22 factors on 9-of-17 taking pictures in what seemed to be her greatest recreation thus far this yr. Nevertheless, within the first quarter, she obtained a style of what’s to come back whereas enjoying protection.
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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, reacts through the second half in opposition to the New York Liberty at Barclays Middle on Might 18, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Elsa/Getty Photographs)
Liberty guard Courtney Vandersloot got here down the ground trying to drive. Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones came visiting to set a display screen, so regardless of which means Vandersloot needed to drive, Clark was going to get picked.
Vandersloot went to her left and Clark ran proper into the chest of the 6 toes, 4 inch reigning WNBA MVP, Stewart. Clark folded and hit the deck.
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After the Fever misplaced to the Liberty on Thursday evening, Clark talked concerning the physicality of the league.
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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, smiles through the recreation in opposition to the New York Liberty on Might 18, 2024 at Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York. (Stephen Gosling/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
“The physicality is unquestionably up there. … I am simply pushed off screens,” she stated, by way of ESPN. “The sport appears a bit quick for me proper now. The extra I play and the extra comfy I get, it may decelerate a bit bit. It is going to be simpler for me to make reads, see issues develop.”
Whatever the velocity of the sport, Clark regarded extra comfy on Saturday afternoon on the Barclays Middle.
She made 4 3-pointers and although she was hit with eight turnovers, a number of the turnovers have been passes that had simply gone off her teammates’ fingertips. Over time, the Fever might be anticipated to be extra poised.
Indiana nonetheless must win.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, and the remainder of the bench anticipate participant introductions earlier than the sport in opposition to the New York Liberty at Barclays Middle on Might 18, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Elsa/Getty Photographs)
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The Fever haven’t gained a regular-season recreation since Sept. 10 – the ultimate recreation of final season.
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