Caitlin Clark gets second career triple double as Fever top Sparks

Caitlyn Clark gets second career triple double as fever top Sparks Indianapolis Indiana Fever coach Christy sides hailed the growth of Caitlyn Clark saying she was really proud of her as the guard registered her second career triple double on September 4th making her the first rookie to record two or more in a women's National Basketball Association WNBA season Clark collected 24 points 10 rebounds and 10 assists to help lift fever to a 93 to 86 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in Indianapolis she also became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 100 threp pointers in a season after she reached 102 following her four trays at gainbridge Fieldhouse the 22-year-old who is now averaging 18.7 points 5.6 rebounds and 8.4 assists also added three Steals on a day in which she was named the WNBA Eastern Conference player of the month for August and the League's rookie of the month triple double second one for a rookie just really proud of her and her continuing to keep her teammates involved and then also just her growth has been great said sides whose team secured a playoff spot the night before when Rivals Chicago sky and Atlanta Dream lost toand fever their first postseason birth since 2016 she's playing really well she's shooting the hell out of the ball and she's making sure she's finding those open players she had some amazing assists tonight in a league where there have been just 35 triple doubles in 27 Seasons it is indeed Quite a feat for Clark to reach the milestone in just 22 games into her professional career honestly I wasn't too aware everybody was a little confused as to why they were going so nuts over a rebound Clark was quoted as saying on the club's page on the WNBA website obviously it's really cool my teammates have been finishing the ball really really at a high rate my assist numbers that's because of them just finding them in positions to be successful we've done a really good job of that Aaliyah Boston recorded 24 points and 14 rebounds and Kelsey Mitchell added 18 points for the fever 18-6 who shot 49.3% from the floor to extend their winning streak to a season high five games Clark was pleased the chase for a playoff birth did not go all the way till the end six placed Indiana who have won 10 of their past 11 home games moved a full game ahead of the idol Phoenix Mercury in the standings and now have six regular season games remaining definitely a big moment for this place cool that it doesn't even have to come down to the wire for us and that's special said Clark who wants more than individual accolades but I came in with the expectation this was going to happen for me this isn't a party it's great I feel like it's a great accomplishment but there's much more left to be be done yeah we made the playoffs but I'm not just happy to be in the playoffs we have the kind of team that can in advance going one game at a time to achieve that though fever would have to put in more dominant displays than that against bottom side Sparks it was tight even in the fourth quarter when Odyssey Sims Basket in the paint trimmed Indiana lead to 84 to 81 with 3117 left in the last period She then answered three free throws by Indiana with a three Point play with 151 remaining Lexi Hull however reeled in an offensive rebound and sank two free throws with 55.6 seconds left for the fever Boston added a driving layup to put the game Out Of Reach Ray barell sank a three-pointer to pull Los Angeles within one at 69-68 early in the fourth quarter before Indiana ignited a 7 to zero run Boston sandwiched layup surround Clark's three-pointer Sims driving layup gave Los Angeles a 55- 53 lead early in the third quarter before Indiana responded with a flourish Mitchell made a layup before Clark drained a three-pointer and stole a pass before finishing with an uncontested layup to give the fever a five-point Advantage Clark answered Kia nurse's three-pointer with one of her own to push Indiana's lead to 69 to 64 with 122 remaining in the third quarter Los Angeles took advantage of 11 turnovers by Indiana to seize a 48 to 47 lead at halftime the fever remained hot on the Sparks Heels by claiming a 22 to13 Edge in rebounds