Solely a sport into the season, Caitlin Clark has a triple-double to her credit score and the Indiana Fever have a win. The Fever will look to construct off the short begin as they host the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday.
Indiana (1-0) rolled to a 93-58 win on Saturday of their opener over the Chicago Sky. Regardless of Clark racking up 20 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, a lot of the speak after the sport surrounded a foul by Clark on Sky ahead Angel Reese within the third quarter.
Reese reacted strongly and the foul name on Clark was in the end reviewed and upgraded to a flagrant foul. Reese and Indiana ahead Aliyah Boston had been every assessed technical fouls for post-play habits.
Boston had 19 factors and 13 boards because the Fever cruised. Indiana shot 46.7 p.c total whereas holding Chicago to simply 29.1 p.c.
Indiana’s DeWanna Bonner climbed to 3rd on the WNBA’s profession scoring listing with seven factors. However protection was the main focus after the sport.
“I believed we had been disruptive,” Fever coach Stephanie White mentioned. “I believed we got here with a stage of physicality. … We performed by means of a number of ranges of effort and that is what it takes.”
In its personal opener, Atlanta (0-1) fell 94-90 at Washington on Friday.
Returning Dream All-Star Allisha Grey had 25 factors, eight rebounds and 7 assists. Veteran free agent addition Brittney Griner had 18 factors and eight boards in her Dream debut.
Nevertheless, Atlanta allowed Washington to shoot 50.8 p.c from the ground, together with 9-for-18 from 3-point vary, which led to a 53-point second half for the Mystics.
Dream coach Karl Smesko discovered lots to stay optimistic about.
“I am really actually optimistic,” Smesko mentioned. “There’s a variety of good issues on the market and I can see the makings of a very good staff.”
–Area Stage Media