UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The black eye Caitlin Clark sported in her postgame press conference Sunday pretty much summed up her WNBA playoff debut against the Connecticut Sun.
It was a rough evening for Clark, who took an inadvertent shot to the face from Sun guard DiJonai Carrington less than 90 seconds into the game, as she faltered on the playoff stage for the first time.
Clark was wildly inefficient in the Indiana Fever’s 93-69 Game 1 loss to the Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. She shot just 4-for-17 from the field and was an even worse 2-for-13 from 3-point range to finish with 11 points. She also chipped in eight assists, four rebounds and three steals.
But it wasn’t anywhere close to being enough for the unanimous WNBA Rookie of the Year to spark the No. 6 Fever to an upset of the third-seeded Sun.
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