A historic and record night in the WNBA, Caitlin Clark
now holds a new notch in the history books in
the history of the West.
19 assists last night for the Indiana Fever against the
Dallas Wings, the most we have ever seen in a
single game In the history of the WNBA, Courtney Vander
Sloot held the old record.
She now plays of course for the New York Liberty,
but back in her days with the Chicago Sky had
9 or 18 Dimes rather against Indiana back through the
2020 campaign, Caitlin Cork a new record 19 assists just
26 games into her WNBA career.
However, it was in a losing effort on the road
yesterday against the Dallas Wings, one of the worst teams
in all of the West.
Dallas wins outright as a four point home underdog.
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Enrique Igumbawale Huge day leading Dallas in scoring once again
and Donnie as we were breaking down this game yesterday,
only a 3 1/2 point spread for the Fever on
the road having 1-2 straight entering the basketball game against
teams with a winning record in Phoenix and Minnesota.
It felt like a fishy line.
It came to fruition yesterday on the final day of
the WNBA regular season before the All Star, an Olympic
break.
It's crazy too, because if you would have told me
before the game, we're gonna get a 24 and 19
effort out of Caitlin Clark, that should be an easy
win going away.
Mighty be an easy win going away against some of
the better teams in the WNBA, let alone a team
that entered into the equation at 5 and 19.
But sometimes the focus might just be on the weekend
as opposed is during the weekday game that you had.
That's a bad effort.
1/01/93 awesome for Caitlin Clark.
Fantastic to go up there and say you know what,
nobody's ever done this before.
You love to see those stats pile up, but that's
one of those where if you would have asked her,
I'd rather have 5 assists and let's pick up the
victory there.
That's a bad loss, which again, every win at that
level for the Fever is going to keep them in
that playoff race.
You're supposed to beat the Wings.
That's a loss against the field right there.
If we're using golf terms.
Minnesota a victory yesterday as well.
Kayla McBride pours in 30 to lead the Lynx to
a win.
The Commissioners Cup champs who had struggled since that trophy,
losing five of their last eight entering yesterday.
But the Atlanta Dream and the longest active skid right
now in the W8 straight game.
So let's put this into context.
What Caitlin Clark did yesterday in her final game before
a much deserved Olympic break.
Yes, you can scream and yell that she should be
a part of Team USA, and frankly you might have
a point after her early season struggles in the West,
but she has played so much basketball since November that
I'm sure she'll enjoy a couple of weeks off here
during this break.
The only game in the history of the WNBA a
player has recorded at least 20 points, 15 assists and
five rebounds.
Another historic performance for Caitlin Clark.
19 Dimes.
A single game record in the history of the WNBA
in DRS.
It's her third game of 20 points in 13 assists
this season, really coming in the last 2 1/2 weeks.
That's three career games for Caitlin Clark and only 26
that she has had at least 20 points and 13
assists.
That's the most a single player has had in her
career in the history in the WNBA, and she's done
it in only 26 games.
Yeah, it's amazing also.
So you try to expound on and say, well, she
is in the All Star game, which is going to
bring those ratings.
But quite frankly, she probably should have been on the
Olympic team as well.
And it's not one of those, hey, Bronnie James should
be in the NBA.
His father's Le Bron, though, Caitlyn Clark certainly earned her
way into this as the number one overall pick and
playing great basketball and would have sent that Olympic team
to the next level, not next level.
And being like, well, we don't expect them to win
gold.
They always win that.
But just the level of attention, which is the most
important thing.
Shine that spotlight on women's basketball as much as you
can on the big stages that you can.
That was a really lost opportunity.
So still, we will get to see her on display
on Saturday night in Phoenix in the All Star game,
but not in the three-point contest.
I don't know how that decision was made.
It's Team USA versus Team WNBA All Stars in that
All Star game on Saturday night.
Team USAA, 4 1/2 point favorite.
They're coached by Cheryl Reid, the head coach of the
Minnesota Lynx.
Team WNBA All Stars coached by Cheryl Miller, one of
the most historic women's basketball players of all time.
Only a four and a half point spread Donnie for
the Americans, who are such a hefty favorite to win
the gold medal in Paris.
That seems a little bit fishy as well.
I think team WNBA All Stars going to give the
Americans a run for their money.
By the way, why is she not in the three-point
contest though?
Like what like I is is it because the Lynx
coach didn't want the distractions at the All Star game?
I mean, why would she be in that?
Like that's what she's one of the best 3 point
shooters and longest distance 3 point shooters we've ever seen
in the women's game and she's not in that.
It's crazy, man.
It really is seems like a miss once again.
Hour 3:00 on the other side of the break.