{"id":658996,"date":"2026-05-09T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658996\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:57:08","slug":"caitlin-clark-wastes-no-time-making-wnba-history-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658996\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark wastes no time making WNBA history in season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> is widely regarded as the face of the WNBA, so it is only fitting that she makes history in the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/fever-news-caitlin-clark-true-feelings-looming-opener-wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Fever&#8217;s season-opening showdown with the Dallas Wings<\/a>. The 2024 All-WNBA First-Team selection became the fastest point guard in league history to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/2053184292407099483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">score 1,000 points<\/a>, via ClutchPoints.<\/p>\n<p>Following an <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/fever-news-caitlin-clark-brutally-honest-admission-injury-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">injury-ravaged 2025 season<\/a>, Clark is eager to pick up where she left off in her momentous rookie campaign and lead Indy to the W&#8217;s pinnacle. She struggled on Saturday afternoon, however. The 24-year-old totaled 20 points on just 7-of-18 shooting to go with seven assists, five rebounds and five turnovers in a 107-104 home loss.<\/p>\n<p>She was only 2-of-9 from 3-point land, which is obviously an unsatisfying result for a player who takes great pride in her long-range shooting. Naturally, the toughest miss came on a 30-plus-foot attempt that would have tied the game in the final seconds.<\/p>\n<p>While it is concerning to see Clark commit some of the same mistakes she made over the last two seasons, context is important. The two-time All-Star has not competed in an official regular season game since July 15, 2025. Considering her immense talent, she should look sharper as the campaign progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark knows how this goes, though. All of her performances will be analyzed meticulously and sometimes ruthlessly. Endless attention is a byproduct of being the most recognizable women&#8217;s basketball player in the world today. She will try to shake off this inconsistent showing and post a cleaner effort when the Fever visit the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark is widely regarded as the face of the WNBA, so it is only fitting that she makes history in the Indiana Fever&#8217;s season-opening showdown with the Dallas Wings.  The 2024 All-WNBA First-Team selection became the fastest point guard in league history to score 1,000 points, via ClutchPoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark is widely regarded as the face of the WNBA, so it is only fitting that she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,2803,82,630,108958],"class_list":["post-658996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}