Fans react to Caitlin Clark not taking potential game-winning shot

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The Indiana Fever had a accidental to implicit a 4th quarter, double-digit comeback with a imaginable buzzer beater, but 2 shots did not fall.

Neither of those shots were taken by Caitlin Clark, who finished with 27 points. Thus, the Atlanta Dream escaped with a 91-90 victory.

Clark scored 8 points successful the 4th quarter, but she inbounded the shot with little than 10 seconds near and ne'er touched the shot again.

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Caitlin Clark perplexed

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, reacts to the enactment connected Tuesday, May 20, 2025 during a crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Natasha Howard’s archetypal changeable was blocked, and past she deed back-iron. Nia Coffey grabbed the rebound, and the Dream were capable to discarded the remainder of the clock.

Safe to say, fans were baffled by Clark not getting the last shot.

Caitlin Clark dribbling

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, drives connected Atlanta Dream defender Rhyne Howard, #10, successful the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled successful Indianapolis connected Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Indiana trailed, 44-42, astatine the fractional portion Clark was connected gait for a 2nd triple-double successful arsenic galore games this season. However, the Dream went connected an 11-0 run, and it looked similar each was over.

Trailing by 11 to commencement the fourth, Clark deed 2 heavy 3-pointers and handed retired a nifty behind-the-back assistance to chopped the shortage to four.

Indiana could not inch person for respective minutes but yet tied the crippled with conscionable implicit a infinitesimal left. Aliyah Boston past went to the enactment with 21.7 seconds near and gave the Fever their archetypal pb since they scored the archetypal handbasket of the game.

However, Atlanta's Rhyne Howard deed 2 escaped throws, the game-tying and winning shots, with 9.7 seconds left.

Clark finished with 27 points and 11 assists. It was the 10th 20-point, 10-assist crippled for Clark successful her young career, tying Courtney Vandersloot's WNBA record. Vandersloot has played successful 430 games. Clark has played successful conscionable 42.

Caitlin Clark vs Fever

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, reacts aft scoring a 3-pointer against Atlanta Dream defender Rhyne Howard, #10, connected Tuesday, May 20, 2025 during a crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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In 2 games, Clark is averaging 23.5 points and 10.5 assists.

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