Caitlin Clark's Comeback in WNBA and Game Analysis

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00:00It was a great sight to see Caitlin Clark return.

00:03She had missed five consecutive games

00:04and missed 10 games already this year

00:07in her second WNBA season with the Indiana Fever.

00:10Clark, not bad in her return, but not great.

00:14And frankly, nobody with the fever great yesterday.

00:17In fact, it was the day of the dog around the W

00:21that included the Golden State Valkyries

00:22going on the road to Indianapolis

00:25and pasting the fever.

00:2780-61, nearly a 20-point win

00:30for the expansion team in the Valkyries.

00:33They're now above 500 again.

00:35Clark played 25 minutes, 10 points, six times,

00:39five boards, two of five from beyond the arc.

00:42But Indiana has a team shooting worse than 31%

00:45from the floor, and Golden State takes advantage,

00:49winning outright as the six-and-a-half-point dog

00:52yesterday on the road.

00:54Yeah, sometimes you take a look at these games

00:55and you try to equate it to Major League Baseball

00:57or even an NFL team coming from the West Coast

00:59playing at 1 o'clock.

01:00You should have that advantage if you were the fever.

01:03You were playing a 12 o'clock game,

01:04which essentially would be, what, a 10 o'clock feel

01:06for the Valkyries in the morning,

01:08and you were the ones, the fever,

01:10that were sleeping at the opening bell?

01:12That's ridiculous here.

01:13I mean, it's crazy that you had all that hype

01:15around that game to see what Caitlin Clark

01:16was going to come back.

01:17Maybe an afterthought.

01:18Yeah, the fever will probably win this game,

01:20but I want to watch what Caitlin Clark does.

01:21She wasn't that good, but still working her way back,

01:23and their team was terrible in that.

01:25Now under .500 on the season at 9 and 10

01:28as favorites got blown up yesterday.

01:31DRS, there are three teams right now,

01:33Indiana, Washington, Las Vegas,

01:36all a game below .500 at 9 and 10.

01:38Those three teams at the moment

01:40were still not near the halfway point,

01:4344 games this year in the WNBA,

01:45the All-Star break upcoming,

01:47not this weekend, but the one following.

01:49Those three teams battling for the final two

01:51playoff spots at this current juncture.

01:55Again, a lot of early games yesterday,

01:57and then one nightcap in Chicago.

02:00Really quick turnaround for this guy

02:02who played a matinee game in the nation's capital

02:06on Tuesday, had to fly back home,

02:08play at night on Wednesday,

02:11and they beat the Dallas Wings,

02:13booked as an ever-so-slight home underdog.

02:16Just a point and a couple of cents

02:17on the money line, but a big night in Chicago.

02:20Angel Reese, her seventh consecutive double-double.

02:23This is the first one without 16 boards

02:26in that seven-game run,

02:28or at least 16 points in the last five.

02:31But her teammate, Rebecca Allen, off the bench,

02:3427 points, five made triples.

02:36The Sky beat the Wings and Paige Beckers, 87-76.

02:41Tough for Dallas right now,

02:42dealing with significant injuries.

02:44Arike Agunbowale, Dijanae Carrington,

02:46as was mentioned, they're 2-9 on the road,

02:48and 6-15 this season.

02:51But the Sky pick up a big victory.

02:53Now, what is the L for Lemon Pepper?

02:55And the thing I look at is,

02:56I see Haley Van Liff on the screen with us.

02:57Oh, she probably had a good game.

02:59Played eight minutes, scored two points.

03:00What's the L for Lemon Pepper?

03:02Do we know what that is?

03:03Is that her nickname?

03:04Haley Van Liff, Lemon Pepper?

03:06I have no idea.

03:07Lemon Pepper is normally associated with Atlanta.

03:09I don't know.

03:11Yeah.

03:13Wingstop, Lemon Pepper, Wings?

03:14Like, I don't, I don't, yeah,

03:15we got to figure that one out.

03:17Hmm.

03:17Maybe the Sky sponsored by Wingstop.

03:19I'm not entirely sure.

03:21Chicago now, 6-13, maybe.

03:26Yeah.

03:27But I don't, I still don't know.

03:286-13 is here for Chicago.

03:31Yeah, but Lemon Pepper is normally associated with Atlanta.

03:34So I don't really love that.

03:36In the dream, we're not playing.

03:37That's the Wings, Lemon Pepper.

03:37All right, 6-15, the record for the Wings, by the way.

03:42Second worst at this current juncture in the W.

03:45The worst record is the Sun.

03:47But what a win yesterday for Connecticut.

03:49They're now 3-16, but as a 17-point home dog yesterday,

03:54they beat the Seattle Storm 93-83.

03:57Again, the day of the dog continues.

03:59The Phoenix Mercury DRS continue to look like a true championship contender.

04:04They knock off the best team in the WNBA,

04:06handing the Minnesota Lynx just their third loss of the regular season, 79-71,

04:12as a home seven-and-a-half-point underdog.

04:15And one of the greats to do it, Alyssa Thomas continues to rack it up.

04:1829 points yesterday.

04:20Her fiancé, Dewana Bonner, making her Phoenix re-return debut.

04:24She had seven points off the bench.

04:26Alyssa Thomas earlier this week, 16th career triple-double.

04:30Nobody else in WNBA history has more than four and then backs it up with a 29-point performance.

04:36The Mercury right now, second-best record by themselves in the WNBA, 14-6.

04:42And by the way, you get a particular look at the Sun and the Storm.

04:45I mean, maybe that's the Storm flying in from the West Coast, early start,

04:48up late at the casino, playing craps, playing blackjack, playing slots,

04:51forgot about the time, and got hammered as 17-point favorites.

04:55And by the way, if you do play for the Connecticut Sun,

04:57do you get the state of Mohegan Sun, like for free, just gamble and get comps all over the place?

05:01Might be a nice place to be, I got to tell you.

05:03Why would they sell?

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