Caitlin Clark‘s feverishly scorching rookie marketing campaign in the WNBA retains getting higher.
The league’s No. 1 total choose recorded a double-double for the fifth sport in a row, and for the sixth time in seven video games, because the Indiana Fever bought a 95-86 win on Friday over the Phoenix Mercury.
Clark dropped 20 factors and handed out 13 assists, tying a career-high that she has notched 4 instances, all throughout her final seven contests.
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It was additionally the third-straight sport the place Clark had 13 assists. In her final seven video games, she’s averaging 18.3 factors and 11.7 assists.
After beginning the season 3-10, the Fever have now gained seven of their final 11 video games — however this one was nearly a brutal collapse.
The Fever led by 31 factors with 1:38 to go within the third quarter earlier than the Mercury went on a 31-4 run to chop that deficit to only 4 factors with 3:12 to go within the ballgame.
Nevertheless, Indiana survived by happening a 10-5 run to finish it, which included Clark’s ultimate two assists.
This comes on the precipice of Clark incomes essentially the most votes for subsequent Saturday’s All-Star Sport — she was the one participant to garner over 700,000 votes. Her Fever teammate, Aaliyah Boston, was second, whereas A’ja Wilson was third.
Maybe Clark noticed Angel Reese’s (ongoing) streak of 14-straight double-doubles, which is an all-time league report. Reese earned the fifth-most votes, and she or he and Clark are the one two rookies to be voted All-Stars.
The Fever head to Minnesota to tackle the Lynx on Sunday, and their ultimate sport earlier than the month-long Olympic break might be on Wednesday towards the Dallas Wings.
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