Caitlin Clark scored just 11 points, but her 3-pointer with 40 seconds left sealed a 78-73 win over the Sparks to snap a season-opening five-game skid.
Clark's rebounds were a career high. She missed her first seven 3-point attempts, but finally made one with 2:27 remaining, triggering an explosion of cheers and applause.
The game featured the youth and future of the WNBA, with No. 1 draft pick Clark playing against No. 2 pickRayah Marshall and coach Lindsay Gottlieb were among the franchise's largest home crowd for the Sparks' first game at Crypto.com Arena this season. Clark gave a thumbs up and smiled as she walked across the court after the buzzer and the crowd cheered her every move.scored to draw the Sparks to 73-71. But Clark answered with her second 3-pointer with 40 seconds left and the crowd roared again as Indiana stayed in front 76-71.The Sparks played their first two home games in Long Beach, but with Clark and the Fever in town the game was moved to downtown Los Angeles.
Trailing 45-34, the Fever opened the third quarter on a 16-3 run to lead 50-48. Fagbenle and Boston combined to score all of Indiana's points, with Fagbenle's 3-pointer capping the spurt. Clark didn't score but she came up with a big steal at midcourt and after she missed, Boston scored.
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