{"id":708929,"date":"2026-06-17T05:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708929\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:36:15","slug":"caitlin-clark-reclaims-wnba-assist-lead-while-demolishing-a-new-team-youve-probably-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708929\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark reclaims WNBA assist lead while demolishing a new team you\u2019ve probably never heard of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Caitlin Clark put on a clinic Tuesday night, leading the Indiana Fever to a dominant 113-91 win over the Toronto Tempo &#8212; a franchise so new that half the audience was probably doing a double take when the score appeared.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Oh, and the win was the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/caitlin-clark-scores-25-sophie-cunninghams-late-heroics-lift-fever-past-sun-commissioners-cup\">fourth consecutive victory for<\/a> the scorching-hot Fever.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/caitlin-clark-toronto-tempo-wnba-indiana-fever.jpeg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark draws a foul from Maria Conde during Indiana's victory over the Toronto Tempo. (Photo by Andy Lyons\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark draws a foul from Maria Conde during Indiana&#8217;s victory over the Toronto Tempo. (Photo by Andy Lyons\/Getty Images) ((Photo by Andy Lyons\/Getty Images))<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But the biggest milestone of the night was Clark reclaiming the top spot on the WNBA assists leaderboard. She recorded 14 assists in just 32 minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/caitlin-clark-drops-21-points-10-assists-wnba-used-raven-johnson-fever-promo-graphics\">CAITLIN CLARK DROPS 21 POINTS AND 10 ASSISTS AFTER WNBA USED RAVEN JOHNSON IN FEVER PROMO GRAPHICS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She was equally effective when looking for her own shot.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Clark finished with 21 points, forcing Toronto to respect her scoring ability and preventing defenders from keying solely on her passing.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/caitlin-clark-toronto-tempo-wnba-indiana-fever-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark ran absolute circles around the Toronto Tempo during another dominant night in Indy. (Photo by Brian Spurlock\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark ran absolute circles around the Toronto Tempo during another dominant night in Indy. (Photo by Brian Spurlock\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) ((Photo by Brian Spurlock\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images))<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">By balancing her responsibilities as both a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/caitlin-clark-shares-blunt-self-assessment-performance-efficient-fever-win-storm\">facilitator and scorer<\/a>, she kept Indiana&#8217;s offense difficult to predict. She also added five rebounds.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/caitlin-clark-puts-up-reggie-miller-like-shooting-display-return-from-injury-9-points-38-seconds\">CAITLIN CLARK PUTS UP REGGIE MILLER-LIKE SHOOTING DISPLAY IN RETURN FROM INJURY; SCORES 9 POINTS IN 38 SECONDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Orchestrating an offense that produced 113 points and a 22-point victory margin was a nice reminder from Clark of her WNBA dominance.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Frankly, we&#8217;ve never seen a player like her, though some have already forgotten.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Indiana&#8217;s recent surge may be less of a hot streak and more of a glimpse of what&#8217;s to come in this much-discussed third season for the WNBA phenom.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/caitlin-clark-toronto-tempo-wnba-indiana-fever-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Clark retakes the league lead in assists after Tuesday night rout of Toronto Tempo. (Photo by Pepper Robinson\/NBAE via Getty Images)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Clark retakes the league lead in assists after Tuesday night rout of Toronto Tempo. (Photo by Pepper Robinson\/NBAE via Getty Images) ((Photo by Pepper Robinson\/NBAE via Getty Images))<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Send us your thoughts: <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/mailto:alejandro.avila@outkick.com\">alejandro.avila@outkick.com<\/a> \/ Follow along on X: @<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlejandroAveela\">alejandroaveela<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1675218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/dmwdd_article\">ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON&#8217;T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Avila is a longtime writer at OutKick, living in Southern California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark put on a clinic Tuesday night, leading the Indiana Fever to a dominant 113-91 win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,2839,259870,99,434],"class_list":["post-708929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-indiana-fever","tag-outkick-sports","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}