Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark simply wrote one other web page in her WNBA legacy on Monday night time.
The previous No. 1 decide knocked down a 30-footer to seal her group’s 78-76 highway win over the Washington Mystics.
It was the primary game-winner of her profession, and it could not have come at a extra essential time.
Clark had been facing harsh criticism over her demeanor and complaints, together with being known as a “spoiled brat,” and he or she needed to handle that scenario earlier than the sport. Notably, her response might have been foretelling.
Caitlin Clark will not apologize for her aggressive nature
“I don’t assume I might be pretty much as good of a participant if I used to be very stoic and straight-faced on a regular basis,” Clark told the media (h/t Christine Brennan). “I feel you all the time need your thoughts to be impartial, however you additionally need to be excited and passionate and fiery and feisty. And, , perhaps you could have a second with a ref right here and there, or perhaps you get tremendous excited and get the group overvalued. That’s what’s so enjoyable about aggressive sports activities.”
Clark has been one of many predominant forces behind the media frenzy surrounding the WNBA, but the league hasn’t essentially executed the perfect job of promoting her.
She additionally hasn’t executed herself many favors with the way in which she’s carried herself on the court docket at instances, although the tape and the numbers communicate for themselves.
The Fever have not been pretty much as good as anticipated to begin the season, and a few blame Clark for his or her shortcomings, on condition that they made the playoffs with out her final season.
Even so, with averages of 18.7 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 7.9 assists and one steal per sport, it is laborious to consider they’d be a better team without her on the court docket.
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