Caitlin Clark Has Rare Shooting Woes As Fever Fall To Valkyries Following Fiery Sun Matchup

The Indiana Fever did not person to travel to Caitlin Clark’s defense this time, but nan Golden State Valkyries did not make it easy connected her connected Thursday night. 

Clark, coming disconnected a crippled that progressive a batch of extracurricular activity aft nan whistle betwixt herself and nan Connecticut Sun, was not her accustomed sharp-shooting aforesaid successful nan Fever’s 88-77 nonaccomplishment to nan Valkyries connected nan road. 

Clark shot conscionable 3-of-14 from nan field, including her 7 grounded three-point attempts going done nan hoop, arsenic nan Fever ended up blowing a 13-point lead successful this crippled to autumn to 6-6 connected nan year. 

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Caitlin Clark, #22 of nan Indiana Fever, dribbles against Laeticia Amihere, #3 of nan Golden State Valkyries, successful nan first 4th astatine Chase Center connected June 19, 2025 successful San Francisco. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

Clark tallied 11 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, while turning nan shot complete six times to Golden State. 

While Clark struggled from beyond nan arc, her teammates did not fare that overmuch better. As a team, nan Fever changeable conscionable 8-of-29 from three-point land, pinch Sophie Cunningham, who had been dubbed Clark’s "bodyguard" connected nan tribunal aft nan erstwhile crippled against nan Sun, being nan only 1 to deed much than 1 of her attempts. 

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Meanwhile, nan Valkyries, led by Kayla Thornton’s 16-point nighttime pinch 5 three-pointers, now ain nan aforesaid 6-6 record.  

Golden State besides saw awesome contributions disconnected nan bench, pinch Tiffany Hayes (14 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds), Chloe Bibby (12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist) and Laeticia Amihere (10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists) each helping their squad flooded a double-digit shortage successful nan end. 

For Indiana, Aliyah Boston led nan squad pinch 17 points, while Kelsey Mitchell (16 points) and Natasha Howard (13 points) each landed successful double digits successful that category. However, turnovers played a ample facet successful nan Fever losing their lead, arsenic nan Valkyries forced 17 full while committing conscionable seven. 

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, handles nan shot against Golden State Valkyries guardant Kayla Thornton, #5, during nan first 4th astatine Chase Center. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

This uncharacteristic capacity from Clark specifically comes aft getting poked successful nan oculus and being shoved to nan crushed successful a very beingness WNBA Commissioner’s Cup crippled against nan Sun connected Tuesday night. 

Clark was being guarded by Jacy Sheldon erstwhile nan Sun defender poked her successful nan eye, and nan Fever superstar retaliated by pushing her away. 

That led to nan Sun’s Marina Mabrey moving complete and shoving Clark to nan crushed while her backmost was turned. A skirmish collapsed out, but it would not beryllium nan extremity for some teams. 

Later successful nan game, Cunningham wrapped up Sheldon while she was trying to people a handbasket successful nan 4th quarter, and it escalated to nan constituent erstwhile some players sewage ejected aft their beingness altercation underneath nan hoop. 

Caitlin Clark, #22 of nan Indiana Fever, prepares to sprout a free propulsion during nan crippled against nan Golden State Valkyries connected June 19, 2025 astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco. (Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Indiana ended up winning nan game, 88-71, pinch Clark totaling 20 points and six assists. It was conscionable her 2nd crippled since returning from injury. 

However, this surely is not nan measurement Clark aliases nan Fever wanted to respond aft that chippy crippled against nan Sun. Their adjacent opportunity to get backmost successful nan triumph file will beryllium Sunday against nan Las Vegas Aces. 

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