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Good morning! After last night, Bo Nix might actually start in Denver.
Scripts: Wait, who’s winning WNBA ROY?
I know the phrase gets overused. They couldn’t write a better script! Ha ha! But in this scenario, the WNBA really couldn’t have done better on a Hollywood set.
In a year of massive interest growth, two of the biggest factors — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese — keep spinning intrigue, whether they meet each other on the court or not. Nothing embodied it more than their performances yesterday:
- Clark recorded 23 points, nine assists and five rebounds in Indiana’s 92-75 win over Seattle, which gave Clark the record for most assists by a rookie in a single season. She already owns the record for most assists in a WNBA game by anyone, and is within striking distance of breaking the overall WNBA single-season assists mark in her rookie year (12 games left). Whew.
- Later in the evening, Reese put up 19 points and 20 rebounds in Chicago’s 86-68 loss to the Mercury. She is the fastest player in WNBA history to record 20 double-doubles. She needs two more to set the WNBA rookie record.
Two ROY trophies would be nice, but…
