Caitlin Clark made her unofficial professional debut Friday evening and finished with 21 points in the Fever's narrow 79-76 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Wings.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- In front of a sold-out crowd of 7,000 at UT Arlington's College Park Center, 2024 No. 1 WNBA pickensured the hometown team came up on top, ending the contest on a personal 7-0 run and sinking a game-winning, step-back 3-pointer with 3.0 seconds to play.could do the same with a win in Las Vegas. Many fans filtered to Arlington with signs for Clark or wearing No. 22.
Twenty-five miles away from where Clark's fame took off in the spring of 2023 with a mesmerizing Final Four run with the Hawkeyes, the rookie sensation hit her first two shot attempts of her pro career, both 3-pointers -- the first with Wings fans still on their feet waiting for the hometown squad to get on the board.
Clark scored 11 of Indiana's first 19 points before finishing with 16 in the first half, highlighted by a stepback 3-pointer against veteran. She went scoreless in the third quarter and sat on the bench for much of the frame after picking up her third and fourth fouls in quick succession. Upon re-entering the game in the fourth, Clark hit another 3-pointer, her fifth on the night and found Boston for an assist on the pick-and-roll, but she later had a sort of"welcome to the WNBA" moment when, with the game tied and less than 30 seconds to play, Howard blocked her layup attempt. Her final shot at the buzzer in an effort to tie the game fell short.The Fever are hoping Clark and the rest of their young core, which includes Boston and 2022 No.
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