Caitlin Clark’s immense talent is simply not enough for the Indiana Fever to be a competent basketball team so far this season. They came into Monday night’s game against the high-powered Sun at 3-9.
And, things went incredibly poorly for the Fever, who were trying to build off of a win against the winless Washington Mystics in their last game on Friday. Instead, they took a huge step backwards.
The Fever were dominated by the Sun, 89-72, in a game that was not nearly as close as the final score says it was. They trailed by as many as 28 late in the 3rd quarter.
To add insult to injury, Caitlin Clark airballed a wide-open eight-footer in a clip that instantly went viral.
Overall, it was another so-so game for Caitlin Clark. She finished 3-8 from the field and 2-5 from three-point range for a total of 10 points. But, she had just 2 assists and 0 rebounds to go against 3 turnovers. And, in the plus-minus department, she was a dreadful -30 in just 22 minutes.
can’t, at this level, coach effort,” Sides said in her postgame press conference. “I felt like we were just trying to ask them to keep playing hard, play hard. You can’t start there. You can’t play in this league if you have to coach effort. It’s just too hard.”
