The Indiana Fever shutd out the normal season the same way they began it – in write down style.
When Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut aobtainst the Connecticut Sun back in May, the suitup set the write down for the most-watched WNBA game in more than 20 years, with 2.1 million watchers tuning in to see the createer Iowa star get cgo in stage.
Indiana Fever defend Caitlin Clark, #22, signs mini basketballs for fans follotriumphg in a WNBA basketball game aobtainst the Dallas Wings in Indianapolis on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
On Thursday night, the Fever set another write down in front of a crowd of 20,711 fans, the bigst includeance in WNBA history.
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This year’s rookie class set a recent standard for women’s basketball, but Clark led the indict, and her teammates accomprehendledged the impact she has had on the game.
“It’s huge,” NaLyssa Smith shelp of the crowd that includeed Thursday’s lean loss to the Washington Mystics.
“This is what we’ve been hoping for forever. It’s fun to take part in front of these [crowds]. You never get used to it. Just always shotriumphg up and take parting in front of sgreater-out crowds, and I uncomfervent, shoutout Caitlin. Shoutout Caitlin, we appreciate her for this.”
Indiana Fever defend Caitlin Clark, #22, honors after a three-point basket aobtainst the Dallas Wings in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Fever star Kelsey Mitchell echoed that sentiment ahead of the game, inserting that Clark’s famousity has given way for “casual” fans to commence to appreciate the sport’s biggest names.
“I leank the truth of it is that I don’t leank people would understand without [Caitlin Clark]. So, shoutout to Caitlin. That’s fair the truth. I leank she’s done an unbelievable job of transporting clearly her own fans and the people that help her.”
Kelsey Mitchell of the Indiana Fever, left, gets a shot over Natasha Cdeafening of the Phoenix Mercury during the second half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Aug. 16, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
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Clark has unaskedly alterd the landscape of the WNBA, but she has also alterd the landscape of the franchise. The Fever clinched the No. 6 seed in the take partoffs earlier this month, making their first postseason materializeance since 2016.
They commence their take partoff journey with a three-game series aobtainst the Sun commencening with Game 1 on Sunday.
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