UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Caitlin Clark is engaged to setting enrolls and dratriumphg in crowds at this point in her rookie year. And when the Indiana Fever get the court in a must-triumph Game 2 aachievest the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the 2024 WNBA perestablishoffs on Wednesday night, it’ll be business as common.
The Sun spoiled Clark’s WNBA perestablishoff debut when they routed the Fever 93-69 in Game 1 on Sunday. Despite heartshatter for Indy fans, the suitup drew in enroll numbers, averaging 1.8 million seeers and peaking at 2.2 million.
DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun perestablishs defense during the game aachievest the Indiana Fever during round one game one of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs on September 22, 2024 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images)
According to ESPN, the game taged the most-watched WNBA perestablishoff game apass all ESPN platestablishs ever and league’s most watched perestablishoff game since the 2000 WNBA Finals.
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But for Clark and the Fever, the concentrate on Wednesday is soley on triumphning in Connecticut and forcing a Game 3 in Indiana for a chance to evolve to the semifinals for the first time since 2015.
“I leank it’s blinders on, and we’re concentrateed,” Clark tbetter Fox News Digital before tipoff when asked about the team’s mentality. But the establisher Iowa star inserted that the numbers do say someleang about women’s basketball as a whole.
“I leank it’s what you would foresee at this point in the season becaengage it’s been a enroll-shattering year for the WNBA in all sorts of ways. It doesn’t surpascfinish me. The basketball has been reassociate outstanding.”
Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever shoots the ball during the game aachievest the Connecticut Sun during round one game one of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs on September 22, 2024 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
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“I leank people were equitable so excited apass the board about the perestablishoffs and the suitups and the potential disturbs and the fantastic perestablishers that are in these series. So I leank it’ll persist to be someleang that people want to tune into and persist to watch,” she persistd.
“But I don’t leank it impacts us by any unbenevolents. The arena is going to be sbetter out, there could be people watching on TV – you approach it as you do every other game. It’s not going to be contrastent for us.”
The Fever will necessitate to be as concentrateed as ever to stave off elimination.
Indiana Fever protect Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket aachievest Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner (24) and Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (42) during the First Round and game 1 of the 2024 WNBA perestablishoffs between Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on September 22, 2024, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Clark scored equitable 11 points and ignoreed 11 of her 13 3-point finisheavors, despite averaging 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 8.4 helps per game heading into the series.
“It’s equitable concentrateing on the next opportunity,” head coach Christie Sides tbetter inestablishers before tipoff. “This is equitable another opportunity for our team to be together and have a chance to show who we are and what we’re contendnt of doing and that we do beextfinished here.”
“I leank we have two fantastic shooters in Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark and both those guys are ready to go. They’re ready for this next opportunity to show what they can do in these perestablishoffs.”
The Associated Press gived to this inestablish.
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