Caitlin Clark emphatically starts off WNBA, Fever career with unreal 3-point shooting
NY Post
Would it have happened any other way?
Caitlin Clark, playing in her first WNBA preseason game in an Indiana Fever uniform, nailed a deep 3-pointer for her first bucket as a professional.
Shortly after she recorded a defensive rebound, Clark knocked down a 28-foot trey with 9:12 left in the first quarter as she sank her first attempt from the floor.
It was part of a night in which she scored a team-high 21 points in a 79-76 loss to the Dallas Wings in front of a sellout crowd of 6,521 at College Park Center in Dallas.
She missed a game-tying bucket from the corner at the final horn in the fourth quarter, but Clark made a strong first impression with the Fever.
“My biggest goal coming into tonight was to continue to be myself, play aggressive,” Clark said after the game, according to the Associated Press. “I thought that’s what I did. I think there’s a lot to be proud of.
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