Caitlin Clark, Fever look to maintain season alive in opposition to Solar in Sport 2
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will try to stave off elimination once they play the Connecticut Solar in Sport 2 of their best-of-three sequence Wednesday evening.
Clark struggled in her playoff debut, scoring simply 11 factors on 4-of-17 capturing. She did have eight assists. She acquired by accident poked within the eye within the first jiffy of the sport by DiJonai Carrington.
“It wasn’t intentional by any means,” stated Clark. “You simply watch the play, it wasn’t intentional.”
The Related Press unanimous Rookie of the Yr stated that regardless of her poor capturing, the poke didn’t have an effect on her in any respect, besides giving her somewhat little bit of a black eye.
“It didn’t hassle me,” Clark stated. “Clearly, it didn’t really feel so good when it occurred.”
Clark is aware of she’ll must step up her play to keep away from seeing her first WNBA season finish. She is “embracing the problem” of attempting to pressure a Sport 3 that might be in Indianapolis on Friday evening.
“We all know we’re able to beating this crew,” Clark stated.
Clark and her fellow rookies have been a rankings and attendance boon for the WNBA. Regardless of the blowout loss, followers tuned in as the sport averaged 1.8 million viewers in response to ESPN, making it the WNBA’s most-watched playoff sport for the reason that 2000 Finals. It was the most-watched playoff sport on ESPN ever regardless of going up in opposition to the NFL.
Six totally different league tv companions set viewership data this yr for its highest considered WNBA sport. All of these video games included the Fever.
Because of Clark, Indiana led the league in attendance at each residence and on the street. The Fever averaged 17,036 at residence and over 15,000 on the street. 4 groups moved residence video games to larger arenas when Indiana got here to city to accommodate extra followers.
