Finally feeling healthy, Caitlin Clark did what she does: set another record and led her team to another win by delivering in the clutch. CC's 45 points on 11-18 shooting (6-10 from three) plus 10 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks--one coming in the closing seconds that was the key defensive play of the game--led the Fever to the 110-107 victory. And even though Clark wasn't deemed worthy of being included on the WNBA's 30-year anniversary promotional poster, her 40+ points and 10 assists marked the first such game in the three decades of the WNBA. CC also was 17-19 at the FT line, with several of those makes coming at crunch time in the final seconds.
And she did it all despite playing only 29 minutes.
Twenty players are featured on the league's 30-year poster, including the thug Angel Reese, but no Caitlin Clark, the one person responsible for the league's meteoric rise from 27 years of well-deserved abject obscurity. But despite the physical attacks on Clark that began the moment she stepped onto a WNBA court three seasons ago, despite the injuries that have resulted, and despite egregious mismanagement by the league and by her own coaches, Clark simply cannot be denied. She proved again last night that she's a singular talent, the greatest women's basketball player of all time.
And she did it all despite playing only 29 minutes.
Twenty players are featured on the league's 30-year poster, including the thug Angel Reese, but no Caitlin Clark, the one person responsible for the league's meteoric rise from 27 years of well-deserved abject obscurity. But despite the physical attacks on Clark that began the moment she stepped onto a WNBA court three seasons ago, despite the injuries that have resulted, and despite egregious mismanagement by the league and by her own coaches, Clark simply cannot be denied. She proved again last night that she's a singular talent, the greatest women's basketball player of all time.