It was 2022, and Candace Parker, a two-time WNBA champ, seven-time All-Star, absolute legend was in a rare shooting slump. In the postseason, her three-point shot just vanished. She went 1-for-9 from deep in the Sky’s first-round series. Not exactly the stat line you’d expect from one of the most decorated players in the league. But here’s the thing about GOATs: they don’t unravel when the shots stop falling. They don’t panic. They ride the storm the same way they ride a scoring run: with poise. Our baby GOAT Caitlin Clark seems to be cut from the same cloth. She is doing just that, with her whole team backing her.
In Tuesday’s 94–86 win over the Seattle Storm, it was pure relief for Indiana. Finally, a W. But Clark didn’t have her best night. Her usual step-back magic was nowhere to be found. Her threes bounced off the rim, and she had one stretch in the second quarter where she missed back-to-back-to-back shots – two from beyond the arc and even a floater.
She ended up with more turnovers (8) than points (6). That’s not the Clark we’re used to. And this wasn’t just a one-game hiccup. Tuesday marks the sixth time she has been held to single-digit points in her WNBA career. It’s the third game in her career where she hasn’t successfully hit a 3-pointer. In the previous loss against the Aces, she still managed a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, but she shot 1-for-10 from deep. And the game before that against the Golden State Valkyries, she had a 0-for-7 from three, 3-for-14 overall.
So the numbers in her last three games haven’t been kind as she’s made just 13-of-47 field goals (that’s 27.7%) and only 1-of-23 from deep (4.3%). For someone who usually drops threes like they’re nothing, that stings. But is Clark worried? Are her teammates freaking out? Not even a little. “She’ll be fine. We are not worried about it. She’s a great shooter, great player, this happens to every great player,” Lexie Hull said like it was the most obvious thing ever. Ten seconds. That’s all it took to shut down any panic talk.
Lexie Hull talking about Caitlin Clark’s shooting slump:
“She’ll be fine. We are not worried about it. She’s a great shooter, great player, this happens to every great player.” pic.twitter.com/DmTuTiSCJz
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Coach Stephanie White wasn’t worried either. “I’m not worried about Caitlin’s shot. Caitlin’s shot is going to be just fine,” she said after the Aces game. Even Clark herself was like, calm down, you all. “There are going to be stretches that are really good and there’s going to be stretches that aren’t as good,” she told reporters after Sunday’s loss. “Obviously, it’s frustrating as you want them to go in. Even tonight I felt like there was a few that felt really good off my hand and they just didn’t go down.”
But you know what really told us she’s feeling the slump a bit? That moment in the fourth quarter after she got called for a travel. She just… laid down on the court. Flat on her back. Like “what else can go wrong today?” This is normal. Especially when you’re coming off one of your best shooting nights ever. Remember that Liberty game? The whole Fever squad turned the three-point line into a party and Clark tied her career-high with seven triples – from distances like 34, 31, 28 feet.
It’s just a cold spell. But she’ll get out of it, no doubt. However, when she’s off her game, it’s clear the Fever feel it. That was obvious during her brief injury absence too. But here’s the silver lining is Clark’s still contributing in other ways. Like against the Aces….sure, shooting was rough, but she still had 10 assists. Nine more against Golden State. And again vs. Seattle, her court vision stayed sharp. She’s not disappearing, she’s just human.
Meanwhile, while she’s working through her slump, someone else is shining.
Aliyah Boston steals the show as Caitlin Clark struggles
Well, this one wasn’t about Caitlin Clark and that’s okay. After a couple of tough outings, the Indiana Fever finally snapped out of their funk, wrapping up their three-game West Coast trip on a high. It was Aliyah Boston who led the charge.
In front of a rowdy crowd at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, Boston completely took over. The center dropped a career-high 31 points on 13-of-18 shooting and pulled down eight boards. That’s the first time she’s hit 30+ in a regulation WNBA game – her previous best (30) came in an OT win last year.
With DeWanna Bonner still out – and possibly on her way out of Indy – and Kelsey Mitchell firing on all cylinders, Indiana had other weapons stepping up. Mitchell added 26 points of her own, and Lexie Hull – playing in her home state – dropped her first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Things got physical fast. Like, first-jump-ball-of-the-game fast. There were bodies on the floor all night, and just two minutes in, Boston picked up a flagrant foul for a closeout violation on Nneka Ogwumike made three. But that didn’t shake her. The Fever went toe-to-toe with Seattle through the first half, carrying a six-point lead into the break.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JUNE 24: Aliyah Boston #7 of the Indiana Fever walks on the court during a break in the fourth quarter of a game against the Las Vegas Aces at Michelob ULTRA Arena on June 24, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aces defeated the Fever 101-88. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Then came the third quarter blitz. Indiana came out swinging and stretched the lead to as many as 19. Seattle just couldn’t keep up. They tried to claw back late, but every time they made a push, Boston, Mitchell, or Hull responded. “It doesn’t matter whose night it is, as long as it’s our night,” Hull said postgame. That’s the kind of team-first energy this Fever squad has been trying to build all season.
So while fans are still waiting for Clark to get back to raining threes, they’ll take this big W because at the end of the day, it was Indiana’s win, no matter who lit up the box score.
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