Caitlin Clark eager to move forward after Fever's scuffle with Sun

Janie McCauley · The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 19, 2025 10:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Caitlin Clark has nary involvement successful rehashing Indiana's physical, testy triumph against Connecticut erstwhile she was shoved to the level by Marina Mabrey.

Mabrey's deed connected Clark successful Tuesday night's crippled was upgraded to a flagrant 2 connected Wednesday.

"I deliberation Steph [Fever manager Stephanie White] talked astir it plentifulness aft the past crippled and it is what it is, you determination on," Clark said Thursday earlier playing the Golden State Valkyries successful her archetypal sojourn to San Francisco. "My absorption is conscionable connected tonight."

Jacy Sheldon poked Clark successful the oculus successful the 3rd 4th and the Fever prima cringed portion grabbing astatine her face. Sheldon past thorax bumped her earlier Clark pushed backmost and Mabrey got progressive by bumping Clark to the floor.

A sellout assemblage has been anticipating Clark's halt successful the Bay Area with the crippled circled connected the calendar for the enlargement squad from the time the docket was released. It comes 2 days aft the Fever's 88-71 location triumph against the Sun featuring 3 precocious ejections and further discipline.

Clark has been studying Stephen Curry from afar and taking announcement of however the Warriors superstar deals with swarming, carnal defences and regular treble teams — overmuch similar what Clark sees each night.

Clark realizes she volition look a apical defender and her stock of hits with each attraction connected her.

"Steph is idiosyncratic I've watched and watched a batch of film, I effort to ticker arsenic galore Warriors games arsenic I tin conscionable due to the fact that I emotion the mode helium plays and there's truthful overmuch I tin larn from him," she said. "But I deliberation erstwhile you look astatine Steph and thing I retrieve from the archetypal clip I really watched him successful idiosyncratic is however beardown helium is physically. He's built, helium truly is. I deliberation that besides benignant of showed maine going into Year 2 is however overmuch clip I truly needed to enactment into the value country to beryllium capable to play astatine this level of physicality and besides not get bushed done the people of a game."

Valkyries manager Natalie Nakase planned to enactment a assemblage connected Clark astatine each accidental to marque things tougher connected her, adjacent from mode out.

Clark is averaging 21.3 points and 8.7 assists portion shooting 40 per cent from 3-point range.

"Obviously you've got to prime her up higher, she shoots from the logo truthful you can't prime her up astatine the logo conscionable due to the fact that again that's a ace comfy shot," Nakase said. "It's astir similar a layup to her. You'll spot her going to her near truthful we've conscionable got to beryllium aware."