If there’s one piece of excellent information for the 0-5 Indiana Fever, it’s that Caitlin Clark has arrived as marketed.
She’s the on-floor chief, calling performs, organising teammates and scoring. The Fever are merely higher when she has the ball in her palms. She’s nonetheless committing too many turnovers and presently leads the league with seven per recreation, however, to be sincere, they’re not all on her:
Right here is one other excellent Caitlin Clark move that her teammate can’t deal with and the WNBA stat recorder stated it was a turnover on CC.
What’s going on with these stat recordings? pic.twitter.com/y4RbamR4cF
— Jordan Shares (@StockTalks21) Might 18, 2024
Simply wanting on the document means that the Fever are very dangerous, however of their final two video games in opposition to the Solar and the Storm, they have been actually near getting their first wins of the season. Clark stated it finest in Seattle:
We’re, what, six factors away from being 2-3 as a substitute of 0-5. It’s that shut. There’s so many situations of going again and watching the movie of like little issues which you could simply repair and clear up that will go a extremely great distance, and presumably it wouldn’t even come down to 1 possession. So I believe you must discover confidence in that, particularly at this level, being 0-5.
That final loss was significantly heartbreaking, as the sport remained shut and will have gone both manner. With 12.5 seconds left within the recreation, the Storm have been up by three and the Fever have been inbounding the ball. The ball went to Clark and she or he was fouled by Sami Whitcomb. Clark went to the road and made two free throws, regardless of the confusion with the timeouts that basically spoiled the emotional ending of the sport.
NaLyssa Smith then compelled a turnover on the Storm and with 10 seconds left, the Fever had the ball once more. Through the inbound, Clark was in a position to separate herself from her defender because of a display. As she was working proper, the move from Kristy Wallace went to her left hand, which she needed to lengthen, and whereas making an attempt to catch her stability, she was double-teamed. She managed to get the ball to Aliyah Boston, however the Storm have been in a position to drive a soar ball. Seattle gained the soar, bought fouled and finally gained the sport, 85-83.
Boston hasn’t been herself this season. Through the recreation in opposition to Storm, she performed solely quarter-hour and her plus/minus was destructive 18. She additionally had the identical quantity of factors as fouls, with 4 in every class. She just lately deleted a number of of her social media accounts, so it appears that evidently the stress has been attending to her.
Aliyah Boston informed HR she needed to delete Twitter and solely secure app she will go on is Tik Tok (in mild of scrutiny and criticism coming her and the Fever’s strategy to begin yr).
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) Might 20, 2024
What’s subsequent for the Fever
The Fever proceed their three-game journey out West, dealing with the Sparks on Friday and the Aces on Sunday. Each video games are extremely attention-grabbing from the narrative standpoint. The sport in Los Angeles will give Clark and the Fever the possibility to face off in opposition to Cameron Brink and a rebuilding Sparks crew. Then, it’s up in opposition to the Aces, the gold commonplace for WNBA groups. The Sparks are 1-2 and the sport could also be aggressive. With regards to the competition in Las Vegas, it is perhaps affordable to anticipate a simple win by the reigning champs. Possibly even a blowout.
