Caitlin Clark notched her second profession double-double because the Indiana Fever picked up their third straight win with an 88-81 victory over the Washington Mystics on Wednesday night time.
Clark was 6-of-12 from the ground with two made 3-pointers and 12 rebounds.
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“Sometimes the ball simply bounces your approach just a little bit extra,” Clark mentioned, via ESPN. “Lots of the occasions, the folks I’m guarding are getting again on protection, so I’ve just a little extra free rein of like going and chasing the ball whereas our bigs are in all probability boxing out and hitting just a little bit extra. So credit score to them.
“I feel we’re actually good once I can get it off the rim and push in transition, so I take a number of pleasure in making an attempt to chase it down off the rim after which actually go.”
The Fever acquired big video games from Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell as properly. Each scored 22 factors with Boston tallying seven rebounds and Mitchell grabbing three extra.
Aliyah Boston, #7 of the Indiana Fever, drives to the basket towards Stefanie Dolson, #31 of the Washington Mystics, throughout the first half of a sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 19, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
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Kelsey Mitchell, #0 of the Indiana Fever, drives to the basket towards Ariel Atkins, #7 of the Washington Mystics, throughout the first half of a sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 19, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Indiana confronted Washington’s 9-2 run within the fourth quarter, and the Mystics even went forward with an Emily Engslter basket. However, the mixture of Mitchell, Clark and Erika Wheeler helped get Indiana over the hill.
Wheeler’s basket with 3:25 left gave Indiana an 11-point lead, and Clark’s free throws with 12 seconds left gave Indiana (6-10) the win.
“The confidence that we have been capable of construct from the final three video games is, you recognize, proceed to take a step ahead and study every sport, and if we do occur to lose one, how are we going to reply? That’s been an enormous factor for us, too,” Clark added.
“The final sport we misplaced, we discovered a option to reply and string off three straight wins. I feel we have gotten rather a lot higher over the course of those final three video games, and we’re persevering with to construct on that.”
Ariel Atkins, #7 of the Washington Mystics, drives to the basket throughout the sport towards the Indiana Fever on June 19, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE through Getty Images)
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Ariel Atkins led Washington with 27 factors. The Mystics fell to 2-12.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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