The Fever have looked as good as any team in basketball since returning from the Olympic break.
Caitlin Clark & Co. have strung together back-to-back wins to kick off WNBA basketball’s post-Olympic slate. They’ve done so with relative ease, too, dropping 98 points on the Mercury and unleashing a 17-point beatdown on the No. 5-seed Storm.
A title run seems unlikely for the youthful squad, which still sits below .500 with 12 games remaining on its regular season schedule. But recent performances certainly add a layer of optimism to this year’s side. According to WNBA legend Sue Bird, they could also serve as a blueprint of how Indiana can outgun its opposition one fast break at a time.
Speaking with longtime partner — and fellow women’s sports icon — Megan Rapinoe, Bird explained that Clark and the Fever are perfectly equipped to compete down the stretch. The reason why? They play with pace.
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“What I’ve learned in my WNBA experience is pace of play trumps physicality, it trumps size, it can trump experience,” Bird said. “What I see in Caitlin, what I see in Kelsey Mitchell, they’re just ramming it down people’s throats.”
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