Hear what Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Stephanie White had to say afterwards
In a highly-anticipated, first-ever WNBA matchup between Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, it was Clark’s Indiana Fever that rolled to an emphatic 102-83 win over the Dallas Wings.
Clark scored 14 points, dished out 13 assists and had a career-high-tying five steals on a 4-for-12 shooting day. It was the 19th career double-double for Clark and her fifth this season.
Indiana enjoyed a dominant day overall. The Fever shot 51.9% from the field, scored 58 points in the paint and poured in 23 points off Wings turnovers. Indiana’s 64 first-half points were the most in any half by any WNBA team this season.
Naturally, Clark, Fever forward Aliyah Boston and Indiana head coach Stephanie White were in pretty good spirits afterwards.
“I still probably didn’t shoot it as good as I would have liked, but I feel like it’s coming. Just trying to continue to get my legs under me. Like I said pregame, I feel like I’m a couple shots away from like having a really good game. But, I thought my playmaking was really good. There was no reason for me to really shoot that much…
“When we have five people in double figures, I feel like we’re going to be pretty hard to beat, it would take a lot for a team to beat us. And I think we were just kind of firing on all cylinders. Moving the ball well, getting to the next action. Played out of pick and roll well and then our defense was good and got us a lot of buckets in transition,” Clark said.
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