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Caitlin Clark Struggles in Tough Loss to Valkyries: Fever Takeaways

SI Feed·Robin Lundberg·3 days ago
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The Indiana Fever came up just short against the Golden State Valkyries—in what was an uncharacteristically rough night for Caitlin Clark. The Valkyries escaped the rematch 90-88 as Aliyah Boston missed a midrange turnaround at the buzzer. The Fever could never get fully untracked offensively against a long and tenacious Golden State squad. That includes Clark, who had 16 points on 3-12 shooting. Natalie Nakase's gameplan against the Fever star worked much better than it did just under a week ago when Clark went for 22 points and 9 assists in an Indiana victory. Veronica Burton got the best of Clark in the matchup of lead guards, dropping 25 points on 7-13 from the floor. Clark also was forced into two late turnovers in the decisive fourth quarter. It wasn't just her that was stifled by the Valkyries, given Golden State blocked 11 Fever shots in the contest. Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston only had 14 and 13 points respectively—so the entire Fever big three was held in check by the swarming defense.…

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