BREAKING DOWN Caitlin Clark & the Indiana Fever's METEORIC RISE since the break 📈 | NBA Today

on Caitlyn eyes are on the lead I'm just very lucky to be in this [Music] moment a WNBA record 19 assist this point continue to be myself and I think a lot of good will come from that so coming out of college expectations they were Skyhigh for Caitlyn Clark in the fever but to start the season they had a little bit of a rough go of it they lost their first five games they ended up one and8 through their first nine games and during that first month the playoffs they didn't feel realistic at all Clark she struggled with turnovers and the discourse it was really centered around this just being an adjustment period but then Indie entered the Olympic break 11 and 15 on the year and then they really turned it around they' won seven of their eight since they clinched a playoff birth for the first time since 2016 which by the way was the last year of Hall of Famer and franchise icon to Catchings career so Caitlyn she continues to make history she's the first rookie to win WNBA player of the month since the awards Inception in 2010 and last night it was no exception so the fever they were hosting the sparks in this one of course Tyrese Halbert and Chan pulling up to take in the action consistent yeah he's been showing up third quarter as we're going to pick this one up TI of 55 Clark hit the crossover what when you're able to just drag dribble like that back you you got to that's just hard it's hard you got to send more help by the way her 100th three-pointer through the season 34 games passing Ryan Howard for the fewest career games to reach 100 points and then just a couple seconds in transition she is so fast deceptively fast that's why they are able to score these big numbers because they do their damage in transition right here Clark quick five points for Clark the fever lead 666 tough one little push off to three and then fever pushing their lead again so let's go ahead here to the fourth quarter early fourth the fever up Clark dribbles behind the back drains the three it's like pick your poison but you can't because all of the players are playing well she finished with four three-pointers and Clark what a little dime behind the back to Aaliyah Boston for the buck up and the foul I mean just making phenomenal passes and then Boston with the Finish there she's fired loveg and then under 30 seconds left to play here she's one rebound shy of triple double and she knows it this is actually really it's really funny if you watch Kelsey Mitchell because she's like looking around like wait what's happening I don't know if she knew the memo making sure Clark gets high fives from her teammates after she secures her second triple double of the Season Take a listen to Clark's reaction post game did you know you were one rebound away from your second triple double of course I knew but somebody had to get the rebound so a was joking we always joke about stealing each other's rebounds so was funny I mean of course she knew she was hunted that rebound down 24 points 10 rebounds 10 assists the fever win their fifth in a row for the first time since 2015 so Caitlyn Clark finished with that triple double she just continues her Superstar trajectory she's the only rookie in WNBA history with the triple double and now has two in her debut campaign 2024 is the 25th season for the fever in the W and Clark is the only player in franchise history to ever get a triple double and you know we had to bring in our girl CH to break it all down what have you seen Chan from Caitlyn during this fever turnaround look the hottest team in the WNBA right now is the Indiana Fever Kelsey Mitchell has been balling Lexi Hall has been an X Factor and that was a great chess move just getting this lineup with chemistry but make no mistake Caitlyn Clark is doing things Beyond her years let me show you how good 22 has been she's on Pace to generate the most points in a season in WNBA history as for this win streak though Caitlyn has created 224 points between points scored herself and points assisted that's almost 45 points per game and the most by any player ever during a five game win streak so let's take it to the court so I can show you how she gets it done first let's talk about off ball this is an Iverson cut over two screeners then there's a pin down then there's a Chase then there's a double contest all to get this shot that is not easy work but she makes it look like slight work now let's go to on Ball when she has the ball in her hands she's initiating the offense just able to use her skills probing good little uh quick screen but then to go with her dtis is able to slip to the mid-range to knock down a nice bunny so she's able to not only score herself but she's Distributing the ball but last but not least I mean y'all it's it's what I've said in transition once she gets the ball you have to really Sprint back because of plays like this she's able to draw two I mean these are e Advanced type of situations that rookies don't normally do she just had her second triple double but don't sleep on her double doubles she has had seven games with 20 points and 10 dimes that's the third most in league history the fever are not a matchup that anybody wants to play right now Malik [Music]