The New York Liberty dominated Indiana on Thursday night, winning by a whopping 36 points in the Fever’s home opener.
A sold-out crowd of 17,274 was in attendance to watch as star rookie Caitlin Clark finished the 102-66 defeat with nine points, seven rebounds, and six assists. It’s the first time since January 2021 — her freshman season at Iowa — that Clark’s been held to single-digit scoring.
“The physicality is definitely up there… I’m easily pushed off screens,” she told reporters after the loss. “The game seems a little fast for me right now. The more I play and the more comfortable I get, it’s going to slow down a little bit. It will be easier for me to make reads, see things develop.”
The Fever were outscored by a combined margin of 57 points in their first two games — the largest two-game point deficit in WNBA season-opening history, according to @ESPNStatsInfo.
“We’ve got to get to a level of toughness,” Fever coach Christie Sides in her own postgame remarks. “When things are going south on us, we’re not stopping the bleeding.”
“I have great perspective on everything that happens,” Clark added. “It was the same in my college career. There were some moments that were…
