Caitlin Clark’s growing comfort at the pro level was on full display on Sunday as the rookie overcame a hard hit on the head from rival Angel Reese to lead the Indiana Fever to a thrilling 91-83 win over the visiting Chicago Sky.
Clark was going for a layup late in the third quarter with Indiana in front 63-62 when Reese swiped at the ball from behind, hitting Clark on the head and sending her crashing down to the hardwood.
After a review by the officials, Reese, a Louisiana State University standout who engaged in some memorable and heated battles with Clark and her Iowa Hawkeyes in college, was assessed a flagrant foul one.
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“What’s going through my mind is I have to make these two free throws,” Clark told reporters when asked what she was thinking after the foul.
“It’s just part of basketball. It is what it is. She was trying to make a play on the ball and get the block,” she added.
Clark made both of her free throws and finished the contest with 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for her best all-around game as a WNBA player.
Fever head coach Christie Sides said she was impressed with how the league’s No. 1 overall draft pick was adjusting as the Fever improved to 5-10 on the season.
“She took the shots that were hers and knocked them down,” Sides said. “She distributed the basketball, she takes so much attention and she’s able to find those open looks for her teammates.”
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