Midway through June, rookie Caitlin Clark described how the Indiana Fever judge themselves regardless of the endless outside noise.
“No one came in here and said we were going to be WNBA champions from day one,” Clark said. “Our goal is to get back to the playoffs, and we’re fighting for that every single night.”
Now with June over, the Fever (8-12) are halfway through the 40-game WNBA schedule, and their focus remains the same. Indiana, which jumps to No. 6 this week in ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings, wants to keep growth, unity, perspective and the playoffs in mind. The Fever did that Sunday in an 88-82 comeback victory at Phoenix, capping a 7-4 mark in June.
Clark was one rebound short of what would have been the first triple-double by a WNBA rookie. She and center Aliyah Boston combined for 32 points, 17 rebounds and 16 assists. The No. 1 picks from the 2023 and 2024 drafts faced off against two other No. 1s: Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, who were drafted nine years apart and have played the past decade together in Phoenix. Boston was asked…
