The Caitlin Clark WNBA era has officially begun, with the star-studded rookie making her preseason debut with the Indiana Fever on Friday.
Clark scored a team-leading 21 points — including five threes — and recorded a game-high 16 points at the half. But it was Arike Ogunbowale who got the last word for Dallas, knocking down a splashy buzzer-beating three-pointer in front of the sold-out crowd to deliver the Wings the 79-76 win.
“I think there’s gonna be a lot to go back and look at and learn from, because a lot of it is kind of different from college,” Clark said shortly after the Fever’s loss. “Just from, you know, a technique standpoint or you know, scheme standpoint, and what we do is not always always going to be the same. So I think those are the biggest things, but I think overall, I just played really hard and that’s always something to be proud of.”
For Clark, the biggest transition challenges lie in WNBA’s physicality and talent levels.
“No matter who steps into the game, you can never really relax, because that’s how competitive the league is,” she added.
Fever coach Christie Sides also commented on’s Clark on-court adjustment in her postgame remarks. Noting that the…
