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Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark questioned the officiating in their 91-90 loss to the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday. Clark was unhappy that officials seemingly missed a couple of calls in the first half, leading to coach Stephanie White challenging.
Clark told reporters after the game that White could have saved her challenge for a more complicated call late in the game instead. She also said the officials took too long reviewing plays, impacting the flow of the game.
"I mean, to me, challenges cannot take that long. It ruins the flow of the game," Clark said. "I get it. It's early in the year, the refs want to make the right call. We can't sit there for two and a half, three minutes on an obvious hit out of bounds, and still not know the call.
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"That's not the only reason the flow of the game was ruined, but we're just standing there, and we're waiting, and we're waiting, and we're waiting. It's tough when Coach White is put in a position to have to use both her challenges in the first half on calls that were pretty point blank, and then we're left with none there in the second half."
The Fever could have won the game if they had just knocked down their free throws, especially in the fourth quarter.
Indiana went 16-for-26 from the charity stripe, with Natasha Howard missing four free throws in the final period. Aliyah Boston went 1-for-2, so the Fever will need to work on their free throws moving forward.
The veterans also let the Fever down. Howard only had six points on 3-for-9 shooting, plus four turnovers. DeWanna Bonner only took one shot in 16 minutes and went scoreless.
Caitlin Clark makes history in loss to Dream
Coming off a triple-double in the Fever's season opener, Caitlin Clark had a historic game on Tuesday. Clark finished with 27 points, five rebounds, 11 assists and two steals on 9-for-20 shooting, including 5-for-11 from beyond the arc.
It was Clark's 10th career game with at least 20 points and 10 assists, which tied the WNBA record held by Courtney Vandersloot. It took the Iowa product just 42 games to reach that mark, while Vandersloot needed a whopping 430 games.
Clark could also break the triple-double record once her career is over. She currently has three, with Alyssa Thomas' record at 16 and counting.
