Caitlin Clark stays ‘constructive’ as 1st WNBA profession win continues to elude her amid Fever’s 5-game slide

Caitlin Clark is the everlasting optimist. 

The Indiana Fever rookie’s first WNBA win continues to elude her because the workforce’s five-game slide continued on Wednesday evening with a slim 85-83 loss to the Seattle Storm.

“These two positively harm probably the most,” Clark stated after the sport, referencing the Fever’s 88-84 loss to the Connecticut Solar on Monday. “We’re, what? Six factors away from being 2-3 as an alternative of 0-5. “

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Clark once more scored a team-high 21 factors after a gradual begin towards the Storm. She was 6 of 16 from the sphere, however she struggled once more on her 3-point shot. 

“It’s simply that shut and there’s so many cases of going again and watching the movie of like, little issues you possibly can simply repair and clear up that may go a extremely great distance, and probably it wouldn’t even come down to 1 possession,” she stated after the loss.

“I feel you must discover confidence in that – particularly at this level being 0-5. For those who simply get upset by it, I don’t assume that’s going to be too useful for us.” 

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One other offered out crowd, this time the most important for a recreation in Seattle, hoped to be in attendance for Clark’s first profession WNBA victory, however Indiana couldn’t capitalize on a essential turnover dedicated by Seattle within the last 11 seconds of the sport to make it occur.  

“Now we have two extra video games on this street journey, and also you’ve obtained to discover a strategy to proceed to be constructive and proceed to really feel motivated by what we did on the market tonight,” Clark stated. 

“I assumed there was some actually good things. You’re by no means completely happy to lose, it’s not enjoyable. However on the identical time, I feel there’s simply loads of issues to construct on. I’m simply attempting to be as constructive as doable, proceed to be taught, proceed stack days, and I do know our first win can be proper across the nook.”

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The Los Angeles Sparks host the Fever subsequent on Friday evening, earlier than Indiana takes on the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on Saturday. The Fever return house on Tuesday. 

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