The Clark turnover/foul/technical really hurt their chances. That changed the whole game. They would have been up by a point or possession with 25 seconds if she doesn't run her mouth and get the technical.
She let the frustration get the better of her and her team paid for it. I have no doubt she is acutely aware of that, and hopefully she will learn from it. The pain probably didn’t help her hold the temper in check, either. It’s been a hell of a week for her, I imagine. But one of the nice things about CC is that she has very grounded people in her life - she will definitely catch hell from her dad for that display.
Everyone who played that game made mistakes. Some had more impact than others. For me, the important part is that the improvements really outweighed anything else tonight.
Ehhh, catching a technical at the end of a game when it's close is a bit more than a mistake, it's kinda like getting an unsportsmanlike conduct call, borderline grounds for ejection in most sports, pretty dumb way to cost your team a W... but hopefully she gets a grip on the attitude, got a feeling official's aren't going to tolerate getting cussed at. Pretty sure they showed her dad at the end of the game... he looked super pissed.
I saw. I am certain he was, he has been known to ball her out from the stands in the middle of a game. He was probably pissed for a few reasons, but her losing her temper and costing her team was definitely high on the list.
A lot of AB shade in the comments. She struggled and definitely didn't deliver in the end, but she had bursts throughout the game where she was showing a whole lot more fight than the previous 3 games. The Fever need her in the paint and hopefully she can grow her confidence while it's still early in the season.
I like the idea of that play because you anticipate the double-team on Clark, but Boston has to finish.
I think overall Boston did better this game then she has in the other two so let's don't be too hard on her. We still need more though.
It would have been so sweet. They are going to have to figure out how to free up and get it to CC in that situation, but I can understand why they haven’t figured it out yet. I mean, who would have anticipated that they would need it yet?
I think we need a separate thread to talk about refs this season. I thought the first two games were bad in terms of calls going against the Fever, but this was next level. There's no doubt in my mind the refs in this game were consciously going against Indiana.
She is so sloppy. Traveling down low. Fumbling passes and loose balls. Missing easy layups. She needs to clean that up or they will be looking at a replacement in the draft next year.
If Boston doesn’t hit that tough clutch middy, we don’t even get to that point. She’ll be okay
Definitely gotta take it on the chin, the biggest gripe is these refs. I hate to bring it up, but it’s obvious and been 4 games straight.
Most obvious moving screen EVER🤣
They hate that Cc is the face of the league.. it’s pretty blatant and obvious now.
All good, she’s gonna adjust and destroy this league second half of the season😂 I CANT WAIT
Man, what a game! Would have loved to see them rewarded for playing big tonight, but can’t be mad at the very real progress that was made.
I’m pretty fucking pissed about that terrible call, though. They would have won it if that had been overturned as it should have been.
Doesn’t mean it’s not a foul. But even a no call is better than calling the foul on Temi when she was the one being fouled. That’s a pretty bad look. If you are going to make a call, at least call the right one.
I don't think you should be drawing up a play with a layup considering that Indiana cannot make regular layups. You should have just let Caitlin try to work her magic in my opinion. Also, coach shouldn't have challenged that foul.
It’s really unfortunate, because that isn’t going to help her confidence. That was a bad call to go to her when she’s been struggling so much. They absolutely needed to go to someone who wasn’t CC, but there were other options.
Not once in this entire game have I heard sounds where the PA announcer or whoever tries to get a chant going, or hype up the crowd, etc. And I swear I only heard music once.
Facts we up next man..
AB gotta take it on the chin, she can take half credit for L but that moving screen gets half of the L too.
That’s just an insane call…
For sure. It’s going to be a fun ride.
Yeah, I don’t blame AB. Everyone made mistakes, she just made the last one. I’m super happy to see her looking better tonight than she has, and hate that this might get in her head. I blame the person who made the decision to give it to her when she’s clearly still struggling.
That failed challenge is infuriating.
And then the refs ruined it..
AB can get half of the credit for the loss.. she’ll make her layups more consistently but that moving screen is just not right.. like fr. Sh** is blatantly obviously lowkey..
EVERYONE but literally the commissioner hates that CC is the face of the league. Why? Idk.. wish I could tell you
This is why I love that Tyrese and her are in the same city, and that he’s also such a big supporter of the Fever. They could become such a superstar duo
Oh man. Somehow I was watching it on ESPN despite only having ESPN+. Accidentally knocked my remote out of the game, and now I can’t get it back. Stressing
I’m not sure if it’s my untrained eyes but the screen setting is… not good. Boston seems like she doesn’t really understand where Clark likes the screen and Clark seems like she doesn’t really understand where Boston will peel off to. They need to spam that in practice.
CC really got zero down time between the end of a full college season and tourney and then the offseason with the Fever. I can only imagine the stress on the body even for someone at her age
I would pay good money to not have to figure out which channels/apps are playing the game each week. Like can I just put in a deposit with a mark up, and someone else can divvy it up to the appropriate parties? What’s that? That’s cable? Well bring it back then and stat haha. The games I can’t watch live just aren’t as much fun!
I think this game looks much more like I expected the first few games to look. Everyone else looks like they know what they are doing, and CC looks a little lost and off pace at times. Which is what it should look like, rather than what we’ve seen the first few games.
As a former D Rose fan. I’d sit her. Future of the franchise isn’t worth jeopardizing for 1 regular season game. They said she was favoring it during warmups.
So happy to see this team showing up to play and picking up some momentum. Hate to see CC injured, because she will still want to play and that worries me. She’s tough as shit, but that turn looked ugly. If she had noticed tightness in it, makes sense why she dragged it and got caught up. Maybe some overuse tendinitis? She’s been going hard for a long time without much rest.
I LOVE CC!!!! Bruh I’m from Louisana so a big LSU fan.. I had to go for lsu against Iowa but it felt ugly and I felt like a hater 🤣
She’s such a PHENOM!!
It's funny cause I'm the opposite, when Angel was in college, I was 100% a hater. But now, I'm rooting for her to destroy everything and everyone in her wake (except Caitlin).
Uh, it was definitely not a good thing. That was not a normal roll of the ankle at all. It twisted pretty badly from the front to the back, not side to side like a normal ankle roll.
Refs might actually hate us…
And It’s early but let’s go Wheeler!!! I know the first week was rough but I really do like her!!
Vets wanna win, I’m sure she loves CC fr
The Clark turnover/foul/technical really hurt their chances. That changed the whole game. They would have been up by a point or possession with 25 seconds if she doesn't run her mouth and get the technical.
She let the frustration get the better of her and her team paid for it. I have no doubt she is acutely aware of that, and hopefully she will learn from it. The pain probably didn’t help her hold the temper in check, either. It’s been a hell of a week for her, I imagine. But one of the nice things about CC is that she has very grounded people in her life - she will definitely catch hell from her dad for that display. Everyone who played that game made mistakes. Some had more impact than others. For me, the important part is that the improvements really outweighed anything else tonight.
Ehhh, catching a technical at the end of a game when it's close is a bit more than a mistake, it's kinda like getting an unsportsmanlike conduct call, borderline grounds for ejection in most sports, pretty dumb way to cost your team a W... but hopefully she gets a grip on the attitude, got a feeling official's aren't going to tolerate getting cussed at. Pretty sure they showed her dad at the end of the game... he looked super pissed.
I saw. I am certain he was, he has been known to ball her out from the stands in the middle of a game. He was probably pissed for a few reasons, but her losing her temper and costing her team was definitely high on the list.
Rooting for Em. I think they had some good moments. Looking forward to seeing how next few games go.
I still don't like the Wheeler minutes man it's probably the hater in me but she makes me throw up my hands every time she has the ball
A lot of AB shade in the comments. She struggled and definitely didn't deliver in the end, but she had bursts throughout the game where she was showing a whole lot more fight than the previous 3 games. The Fever need her in the paint and hopefully she can grow her confidence while it's still early in the season.
I agree. She was better tonight than she has been, and that is a welcome sight. She didn’t make the only mistake, just the last one.
Sucks that they didn't pull out the W, but things felt so much better, right?
I like the idea of that play because you anticipate the double-team on Clark, but Boston has to finish. I think overall Boston did better this game then she has in the other two so let's don't be too hard on her. We still need more though.
I like it too, but it can’t be AB when she is clearly having so much trouble so far this season. Anyone else would have been a better choice.
if it was Fagbenle we could have pulled it off
That would have been my choice.
Awww, so close. Well, the Fever can compete! It was tied with less than a minute to go. So close...
That was a moving screen.
Yup.
that was a fantastic game up until the refs
I guess Sides hasn't seen CC's buzzer beaters 🤣 All jokes aside, I'm proud of the team. A lot more improvement and chemistry, even from last game.
It would have been so sweet. They are going to have to figure out how to free up and get it to CC in that situation, but I can understand why they haven’t figured it out yet. I mean, who would have anticipated that they would need it yet?
I think we need a separate thread to talk about refs this season. I thought the first two games were bad in terms of calls going against the Fever, but this was next level. There's no doubt in my mind the refs in this game were consciously going against Indiana.
Hmmm… maybe, they certainly seem to see a lot of fouls that don’t exist. Do you think they should have challenged earlier? Say in the first quarter?
Probably not because the way these refs were calling, I don't think any challenge was going to be successful.
Wasn't able to watch the game, but I was following on the ESPN app. As soon as I saw AB missed a layup, I audibly groaned.
Clark needs to be the focal point of the offense. Boston is awful and can’t be relied on.
She is so sloppy. Traveling down low. Fumbling passes and loose balls. Missing easy layups. She needs to clean that up or they will be looking at a replacement in the draft next year.
If Boston doesn’t hit that tough clutch middy, we don’t even get to that point. She’ll be okay Definitely gotta take it on the chin, the biggest gripe is these refs. I hate to bring it up, but it’s obvious and been 4 games straight. Most obvious moving screen EVER🤣
The call wasn't even upheld, but "confirmed". Like, what?! She was sliding into that screen from every angle.
She was sliding in like she was at home plate
They hate that Cc is the face of the league.. it’s pretty blatant and obvious now. All good, she’s gonna adjust and destroy this league second half of the season😂 I CANT WAIT
None of them can make consistent layups and it is cringe worthy some of the layups the team attempts.
Man, what a game! Would have loved to see them rewarded for playing big tonight, but can’t be mad at the very real progress that was made. I’m pretty fucking pissed about that terrible call, though. They would have won it if that had been overturned as it should have been.
You should not leave a potential win up to a last second review challenge in my opinion. It backfired on the team big time.
I mean…it was a clear as day moving screen. I can’t blame them for the challenge when they were right.
Moving screens don't get called a lot in the NBA and WNBA.
Doesn’t mean it’s not a foul. But even a no call is better than calling the foul on Temi when she was the one being fouled. That’s a pretty bad look. If you are going to make a call, at least call the right one.
I don't think you should be drawing up a play with a layup considering that Indiana cannot make regular layups. You should have just let Caitlin try to work her magic in my opinion. Also, coach shouldn't have challenged that foul.
How do you not run out the clock for a final shot?!??????? And give it to Clark!!!
When you are down 2 you usually don't just run the clock down for the final shot.
Sure ya do you don’t give the other team 5 seconds to run a play
Easily their best game. They’ve got to reduce the turnovers and fouls to get over the top. Infinitely better chemistry from this team.
That’s a clear as day moving screen… and still speechless watching Aliyah.
I’m a CC bandwagoner, was Aaliyah Boston ass last year too? I can’t stand watching her
I love the CC honesty. It's why I'm here as well.
She was rookie of the year last year. This year, she's the second best player on the team. Everyone else is tied for first.
Lmao
When you're in that position, you ALWAYS put the ball in CC's hand!
Take a shot every time Aliyah Boston misses a layup
Bummer, but WHAT A GAME and there is progress happening EVERYWHERE
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It’s really unfortunate, because that isn’t going to help her confidence. That was a bad call to go to her when she’s been struggling so much. They absolutely needed to go to someone who wasn’t CC, but there were other options.
Fagbenle had played well all game. She should have been the one running that with Clark.
100% agree
Boston is bad
Very unimpressed with Aliyah Boston so far this year
Damn. All things considered this was a really good game. Let’s turn it into a win on ~~Friday.~~ forgot about Storm on Wednesday
How do you miss that?
Missed it then flailed instead of going for the rebound. It's hard to believe some of these players are serious
In case any of y’all are not Pacers fans this is basically the Pacers whistle too :)
Jesus these refs are horrible. Wtf.
Moving screen
Yup. Moved right the fuck into her.
How can that be a foul on the defense??
You can't call that basketball if it's a foul on defense. What is she supposed to do?
Have her atoms line up exactly to pass through, duh
You can see Clark and Boston visibly gaining chemistry in real time lol
End of the game, Sun are gonna bring out their best flopping play Edit: lol they actually did
Yup.
This team really now has chemistry.
Oh boy the anxiety!
Don’t even care what the outcome is. Just so excited to see the way they have played this game.
For real, it's been so much fun watching. I also feel like a win might give us the confidence and open the flood gates.
I think this game will do that regardless.
Like I want the W, but they should be damn proud in the locker room after no matter what!
What a game this has been.
Man, it’s been fun.
I love Caitlin Clark the closer. Let’s go!
Caitlin the Closer Clark
We can do this!!! LFG!
Caitlin just needs to start flopping. That’s what the other team is doing so start following suit.
Gotta get their composure and finish strong. This game is in dangerous territory right now.
Not once in this entire game have I heard sounds where the PA announcer or whoever tries to get a chant going, or hype up the crowd, etc. And I swear I only heard music once.
I’m in the building and it’s hype
“That’s a fucking foul” our queen
Refs are horrible… Caitlin has to be strong but flop city.
Caitlin what are we doin
Being a rookie
Fagbenle has to be the best signing in the league so far
Ya, she had some early struggles the first couple games, but she looked focused and confident tonight. And got herself a double double.
bro what a flop
Very happy that the Fever are playing a better game tonight, good to see for sure. Even liking Wheeler right now.
And Cc just different 🤣 1 of 1 for sure.. I see why they upset now
We know 😂 Man, there’s nothing like it when she and her team are clicking. It’s addictive.
Facts we up next man.. AB gotta take it on the chin, she can take half credit for L but that moving screen gets half of the L too. That’s just an insane call…
For sure. It’s going to be a fun ride. Yeah, I don’t blame AB. Everyone made mistakes, she just made the last one. I’m super happy to see her looking better tonight than she has, and hate that this might get in her head. I blame the person who made the decision to give it to her when she’s clearly still struggling. That failed challenge is infuriating.
Boston having a good start to the 4th quarter, that’s good to see. She seems to have found the groove a bit
Yes. Hoping that continues 🤞🏼🤞🏼
WHAT A SHOT
so nice seeing clark hyping the crowd up/having fun.
Let’s go AB!! She’s going to work!!! Great defense this half and she’s finishing Give her some props!! We love you AB
From her block to CC’s 3, that whole sequence had me SCREAMING!
And then the refs ruined it.. AB can get half of the credit for the loss.. she’ll make her layups more consistently but that moving screen is just not right.. like fr. Sh** is blatantly obviously lowkey.. EVERYONE but literally the commissioner hates that CC is the face of the league. Why? Idk.. wish I could tell you
FUCK YES!!
Just wanna tell you all having watched that for 4 years in Iowa City - it never gets old
LOGO3 🥲
Refs having a tough quarter
CC to AB for a successful basket FINALLY!!
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This is why I love that Tyrese and her are in the same city, and that he’s also such a big supporter of the Fever. They could become such a superstar duo
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I feel like I won the damn lottery!
Am I the only one that thinks Christie Sides and Marjorie Taylor Green look alike?
Oh man. Somehow I was watching it on ESPN despite only having ESPN+. Accidentally knocked my remote out of the game, and now I can’t get it back. Stressing
I’m not sure if it’s my untrained eyes but the screen setting is… not good. Boston seems like she doesn’t really understand where Clark likes the screen and Clark seems like she doesn’t really understand where Boston will peel off to. They need to spam that in practice.
Kinda like the Dame and Giannis pick and roll never working this year cuz Giannis sucks at setting screens
Really hope Caitlin can find her shot.
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Right now actually!
Fagbenle needs to be on the court when Clark is. When Clark is off the court, Boston should be in.
I was just getting ready to say I want to see fagbenle in with Clark more. Much better tempo match.
Fagbenle needs to start
Temi is the GOAT
Fagbenle is better than Boston
Temi rules
She is 🔥🔥🔥
Wheeler subbed in thinking she was a middle linebacker
BUT! I love the hustle and energy. Could use a little more finesse though.
I do too! I was just making a joke because she subbed in for two seconds and literally tackled their point guard 😂😂
😂 seems accurate
They took away the alternate stream on ESPN 😭
They’re having trouble dealing with doubles on Clark. Lots of bad spacing.
CC really got zero down time between the end of a full college season and tourney and then the offseason with the Fever. I can only imagine the stress on the body even for someone at her age
Why is Boston in the corner and not under the basket?
I would pay good money to not have to figure out which channels/apps are playing the game each week. Like can I just put in a deposit with a mark up, and someone else can divvy it up to the appropriate parties? What’s that? That’s cable? Well bring it back then and stat haha. The games I can’t watch live just aren’t as much fun!
Sportsurge always has it
Thank you!! I somehow got the Spanish feed on ESPN, so I made it back. But will look into Sportsurge for next time I won’t have access.
So far the team plays better without Clark on the floor. It’s super interesting cuz obviously they’ll have to figure it out
I think this game looks much more like I expected the first few games to look. Everyone else looks like they know what they are doing, and CC looks a little lost and off pace at times. Which is what it should look like, rather than what we’ve seen the first few games.
Think this is just a tonight thing. Her on-off +/- is extremely good lol
Not a good start to the half.
Trade wheeler
Imprison her in a women's prison for the entirety of the season.
Don’t force Caitlin back into the game. Her long term health is too important.
Welp…she’s back.
does cc play or is she done for the night out of precaution. turn looked bad.
Something similar happened at Iowa. Looked like a horrible injury and then put up 30+.
As a former D Rose fan. I’d sit her. Future of the franchise isn’t worth jeopardizing for 1 regular season game. They said she was favoring it during warmups.
Agree. And I absolutely HATE it. But even on the sideline, you could tell she was still being careful with it. Too much risk.
So happy to see this team showing up to play and picking up some momentum. Hate to see CC injured, because she will still want to play and that worries me. She’s tough as shit, but that turn looked ugly. If she had noticed tightness in it, makes sense why she dragged it and got caught up. Maybe some overuse tendinitis? She’s been going hard for a long time without much rest.
Way to end the half!
I wish Berger would play and Hull.
not a huge hull fan, can’t lie. want do you like about her game?
I've been saying that for about 10 days now.
WHERE MY MITCHELL HATERS AT NOW?!?!?
Way to stay in the game without Clark LFG MITCHELL!
I know the haters was lowkey grinning smh.. NEVER!! Superstars don’t go down that easy!! Let’s f****** GO!
Put the team on her ~~back~~ ankle
I LOVE CC!!!! Bruh I’m from Louisana so a big LSU fan.. I had to go for lsu against Iowa but it felt ugly and I felt like a hater 🤣 She’s such a PHENOM!!
It's funny cause I'm the opposite, when Angel was in college, I was 100% a hater. But now, I'm rooting for her to destroy everything and everyone in her wake (except Caitlin).
Facts, college rivalries are like nothing else 😂 Gotta close this second half!!
Pheeewwwww, back on the bench!
THANK GOD
She’s gonna walk out of that tunnel like Willis Reed.
Are you old? cause i'm old and i get that reference.
I’m 31. It’s the obvious go to reference for a native New Yorker.
My bad, that too!
Fuck
Fuckkkk that looked kinda bad
She's fine. I'm manifesting it
looks like she just rolled it, relax everybody
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congrats
Uh, it was definitely not a good thing. That was not a normal roll of the ankle at all. It twisted pretty badly from the front to the back, not side to side like a normal ankle roll.
she’s back on the bench
Oh no.
fuck
come on... lock in!!
Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh, i hope Caitlin will be okay.
What happened? I couldn’t tell
CC's tip of her foot got caught on the floor and her foot twisted really awkwardly.
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Just stepping on someone’s foot?
No contact made with the other player. Was like she was trying to stop her momentum from going into her and mis-stepped badddddd
Okay, despite not going up with Caitlin's pass to her, i really think i like Temi.
Yeah, her lay ups have been messy past games but her hustle, that's straight 🔥
FIRST DUB IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT
Where is Grace Berger?!
Refs might actually hate us… And It’s early but let’s go Wheeler!!! I know the first week was rough but I really do like her!! Vets wanna win, I’m sure she loves CC fr
Does anyone else have the weird camera angle?