(Photo : Justin Casterline/Getty Images) Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever reacts after a 3 pointer through the first half wam at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on August 16, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Caitlin Clark is heading to the 2024 WNBA Playoffs in her first 12 months within the league.
Clark’s stellar rookie 12 months continues because the Indiana Fever enters the post-season for the primary time since 2016. This ends the seven-season playoff drought of the group, which is tied for the longest within the WNBA, ESPN famous.
The former Iowa Hawkeye star is posting spectacular statistics this 12 months and is main the race for Rookie of the Year. In 33 video games this season, she has averaged 18.7 factors, 5.6 rebounds, and a league-high 8.4 assists per sport. She can be second within the league for three-pointers made.
Since the WNBA All-Star break, the 22-year-old has performed like a veteran and helped lead the Fever to a 6-1 document whereby she averaged 24.5 factors, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists per match. This included a career-high 31-point sport for the rookie.
These stats helped safe Indiana’s playoff spot whereas additionally giving Clark her second-consecutive Eastern Conference Player of the Week recognition.
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Indiana is at present in sixth place within the standings with a 17-16 document. It joins the New York Liberty, Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx, Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm, and Phoenix Mercury, all of which have clinched their post-season spots. Only yet one more playoff area left, with Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky sitting in eighth place.
Caitlin Clark Breaking WNBA Records
Just a number of video games left within the season, and Clark has made a transparent case for a ROTY win, if not an MVP run.
In her first 12 months, Clark has damaged a number of league information and established new ones.
Here are a few of her WNBA information, per ESPN:
- Single-season document for three-pointers by a rookie
- Single-season document for assists by a rookie
- WNBA document for many assists in a sport (19)
- First triple-double by a rookie in WNBA historical past
- Only participant with greater than 700,000 WNBA All-Star Game votes
- Fastest participant to achieve 350 factors and 150 assists to start out a WNBA season
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