Fever's Clark first with 40-point, 10-assist game — SkimNews
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Clark's record output came precisely because the Fever's injury crisis overrode her usual minutes cap — a pattern where roster depletion unlocks rather than constrains her historic ceiling.
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- Caitlin Clark finished with 45 points and 10 assists, the first WNBA player ever to clear both bars in a single game, as the Indiana Fever beat the Seattle Storm 110-107 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
- Clark set a franchise scoring record and did it in under 30 minutes of floor time despite playing on a minutes' restriction for a back injury, after coach Stephanie White's staff tried to keep her minutes down.
- Clark hit six 3-pointers to become the fastest player in league history to reach 200 made threes (74 games), and added four steals and two blocks, including a chase-down block on Flau'jae Johnson that set up her go-ahead 26-footer with 39.1 seconds left.
- Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 points, her franchise-record ninth straight 20-point game, making her and Clark the first teammates in WNBA history to put up 40 and 30 in the same contest.
- Dominique Malonga led Seattle with 28 points and 14 rebounds; the Storm shot 56.6% from the field and still set a franchise record for points in a regulation loss.
- Clark said she plans to suit up Saturday against the New York Liberty on the second night of a back-to-back, with center Aliyah Boston (right lower leg) expected to return from injury.
Why it matters: Clark delivered the WNBA's first 45-and-10 game on a night a back injury was supposed to keep her minutes down, finishing with 16 fourth-quarter points and a go-ahead triple with 39 seconds left. The win keeps the Fever in a tight playoff race heading into a back-to-back against the seventh-seeded Liberty.
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