Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) commemorates with fans behind the basket Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, throughout the video game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis./ Grace Smith/IndyStar/ USA TODAY NETWORK
Sunday was a banner day for Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, who broke the WNBA's novice help record and assisted her group romp to a 92– 75 win over the Seattle Storm.
It likewise brought a minute of aggravation.
With about 7 minutes left in the video game's 3rd quarter and its result quite in doubt (the Fever's lead was simply 43– 39), Clark grew annoyed in the instant consequences of a Storm turnover. She punched the base of a basket– and immediately got her 5th technical nasty of the season.
Clark tossed her hands in the air in a gesture of clear confusion, and futilely pled her case to the video game's authorities.
Caitlin Clark smacked the base of the basket after Seattle turned the ball over and she got T ‘d up by the refs. CC was extremely baffled by it after, put hands up. pic.twitter.com/uexYw43bXB
— Matthew Byrne (@MatthewByrne1) August 18, 2024
The nasty was simply a blot on an otherwise excellent afternoon for Clark. In addition to her 9 helps, she tallied 23 points and took down 5 rebounds.
Indiana is now 13– 15, great for 3rd in the Eastern Conference behind the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun.
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PATRICK ANDRES
Patrick Andres is a personnel author on the Breaking and Trending News group at Sports Illustrated. He signed up with SI in December 2022, having actually worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has actually covered whatever from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football video game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double significant in history.
