Awesome News: Caitlin Clark Threw Coolest Pass of Her WNBA Career in Record-Breaking Game
Caitlin Clark won't get an assist for this but OH MY#WNBA pic.twitter.com/WkL5Fhl5up
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Caitlin Clark’s impressive rookie season hit another high Wednesday night when she broke the WNBA record for most assists in a game with 19 in the Indiana Fever’s 101-93 loss on the road to the Dallas Wings.
Clark, the No. 1 pick in last April’s draft, continues to get more comfortable at the professional level and will next show off her skills in the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday night. She finished Wednesday’s game with 24 points and six rebounds to go with her 19 assists.
Her coolest pass of the night didn’t lead to a bucket but it should stay in her highlight reel forever. Clark drove to the basket and dropped a nifty behind-the-back dime to Aliyah Boston, who was fouled on her shot and couldn’t get it to fall.
That was so good.
Clark leads the WNBA with 7.8 assists a game to go along with 16.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in her rookie season.
Rebecca Lobo Pushes Back on ‘False’ Narrative of WNBA Resentment Toward Caitlin Clark
In her first WNBA season, Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has been under a searing spotlight. Every interaction she has with teammates and opponents has been searched for hints of resentment—by Clark toward her contemporaries, and by the league’s veterans toward a celebrity who has brought unprecedented viewership to the league.
However, the idea of a league-wide case of tall poppy syndrome has always had more basis in perception than in reality—as Hall of Fame center and ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo pointed out Wednesday in a press call before Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game.
“I don’t think it’s an actual, real narrative,” Lobo said. “I mean, it’s a narrative, but it’s a false one.”
Lobo pointed to positive interactions between Clark and the league’s veterans in several settings, contrasting them with public perception of Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter’s hard foul on Clark during a June 1 game.
“What everybody saw was the one foul from Chennedy Carter in that first matchup between Chicago and Indiana,” Lobo said. “I don’t think the veterans have been anything other than trying to stop Caitlin and trying to slow her down as competitors.”
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