Caitlin Clark's rookie season is now over.
L'Asia Thomas and the Connecticut Suns closed out their opening-round playoff series against Clark and the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night. In Game 2 of their series, Connecticut held off the Suns in a tight battle in the final minutes to earn an 87-81 win over the Fever at the Mohanger Sun Arena in Uncasville.
The win propelled the Suns to the semifinals for the sixth straight season, following a 24-point Game 1 win on Sunday night. They will now face the Minnesota Lynx or Phoenix Macquarie in the next round. As for Clark and the Fever, who are playing in their first postseason since 2016, the Indians will now go home to Polly. The Suns led by 11 points early in the fourth quarter but they let Clark and Feaver come right back and briefly took the lead late in the period which came after a huge three pointer from Clark. But Dava's push to extend their season ultimately fell short. The Fever scored just two buckets in the final two minutes of the game, both of which were layups, and Devatra Bonner and Marina Mayberry both added 3-pointers to give the Suns the lead once again. From there they went on to win by 6 points and secure their place in the semi-finals.
Clarke who earned Rookie of the Year honors earlier in the week. He finished with 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in the loss for the Fever. She shot 10 of 23 from the field and 3 of 12 from behind Clark. Aaliyah Bost added 16 points and 19 rebounds and Kelsey Mitchell finished with 17. Clarke, who scored in double figures for the Indians earlier this week and earned Rookie of the Year honors, finished with 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in the loss for the Fever. She shot 10 of 23 from the field and 3 of 12 from behind.Alia Boston added 16 points and 19 rebounds and Kelsey Mashal finished with 17 points. There were only three players who scored double figures for India.
Alyssa Thomas led the Suns with 19 points and 13 assists, which came after she dropped a Game 1 triple double. Mabrey added 17 points, and Bonner finished with 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Caitlin Clark's rookie season is coming to a close where the Flames started in Connecticut. Clark and Boston have a core and a young group ready to compete for a championship in a few years, but they'll take losses to get there. Expect the Fever deep into the offseason. Added players with playoff experience. They probably re-sign Mitchell (UFA) at position 3 or 4.
Michelb goes in black jersey color Devantra Bonner puts 2 more points on the board. And it seems everyone here is on their feet. Mitchell misses another 3, Sun grabs the rebound. And India's Johnny Carrington was fouled to put him on the line and stop the game. It makes both to push the 6 point lead for the connector.
Two bad turnovers by India. Hull throws it on a play out of bounds. Mitchell throws away his own rebound on a short 3. And Marinamember drilled a 3 at the other end to push the lead to four with 45.5 seconds on the clock. It's another masterful game for Boston. Clarke and Boston are the youngest of this young team. And Clutch is not far from March Madness moments. The cheers lasted long after Clark's 3 gave Indiana a 71-70 lead with the Suns leading, 78-77, with 1:28 left. Faglen's 3 She led Indiana back with a feedaway, rebound and hockey assist to the tune of 25 points 7 assists 6 rebounds.
Marina Mabry answered with a 3 at the other end, tying Fagbell at 73 on a Boston assist. The final three minutes will be good.
Caitlin Clarke gave India the lead at A 3 and Taw has kept her around the second eight mostly to a seven point deficit. Dantas and Fagbans are finally involved in some cargo crimes. But they don't let the ball hang. AT stopped FagBalance which had trouble with ball control. It violated frequent and short clocks on a few goods. Indiana's defense needs to get stops to save this and force a Game 3. 2 more Beckets for Thomas and 7 players in points lead the Suns to 9 points.
Clark is up to 20 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds. Boston is also in double figures but Hull is 1-5 from 3-point range and Fagbanel hasn't scored. The only match point is a wheeler free throw.
Caitlin Clark led all scorers with 14 points. She and Kelsey Mitchell played all 20 minutes of the first half with Clark looking frustrated at the end of the half. K Erika Wheeler was bringing the ball up on a quick inbounds pass from Boston.
Connecticut is at a feverish scoring pace just like the first game. That was near season lows for fever. Wyatt said that pre-game with Mabry in the starting lineup, they will have to find her reserve energy elsewhere is clearly Veronica Button, whose eight points Mabry is one of a team high nine. He has played 11 minutes.
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