Caitlin Clark didn’t hide her frustrations during or after Wednesday’s loss to the last-place Dallas Wings.
She may have set a WNBA record with 19 assists in the game, but in Clark’s mind, she made the mistake that dropped her Indiana Fever to 11-15.
“Late turnovers definitely kill, for sure,” Clark said of his costly mistake in the 101-93 loss.
Trailing by five points with 45 seconds left and the Wings applying full-court pressure, Clark drove the ball to the front of the court, where he ran into a Dallas trap and was eventually stripped of the ball by Odyssey Sims who promptly called a timeout.
Clark became enraged after the opening whistle. After hitting the court in frustration, he returned to the bench, where a water boy gave him a bottle and threw it onto the sideline.
Clark returned to the bench after the turnover and quickly poured some water into his bottle.
Clark, left, receives the ball from Dallas Wings’ Natasha Howard (6) and Odyssey Sims (2).
Clark, left, looks toward the bench after being stripped of the ball that Sims recovered.
She then spoke about the frustrating loss and her new album.
“It’s a fine line, they were pressuring me so I got behind them and I was able to attack and then I tried to get it out and then I lost control while they were pushing me from behind,” said Clark, who now averages a shocking 5.6 turnovers per game.
“That one really killed… That one is too expensive, you can’t keep it.”
As for the assist record, Clark seems to have found it by accident. In fact, he admits that he is embarrassed about going overboard in certain situations.
“I just try to help my teammates be successful,” Clark said. “I think I can outdo them sometimes.
“There probably could have been some times where instead of passing the ball away, I could probably shoot it. Especially with (Aliyah Boston). I’m just looking to set her up. My eyes are almost always on our post players.”
Clark finished with 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting. He enters the All-Star Game averaging 17.1 points, 8.2 assists and a whopping 5.8 rebounds per game.
The WNBA will now have a month-long break that spans the upcoming Paris Olympics.