It’s not every day you see Caitlin Clark smiling from the sidelines — especially when the Indiana Fever are down. But that rare moment unfolded during their intense matchup against the Connecticut Sun.
With Marina Mabrey raining back-to-back threes, the Sun stretched their lead to 68–59. The Fever looked rattled and burned a timeout early in the fourth quarter. But just as momentum seemed to slip away, head coach Stephanie White stepped up with a gutsy coach’s challenge.
At 9:33 remaining, the call was overturned. The Fever kept their timeout, and just like that, the energy shifted. From the bench, Clark lit up, celebrating the overturned call in a moment that captured Indiana’s fighting spirit.
Indiana pushed back, closing in with just 37 seconds left, trailing 81–84. It wasn’t just a smart challenge — it was a spark, a turning point, and a rare, joyful reaction from one of the WNBA’s most intense competitors.
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