Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark entered Wednesday night's game against the Dallas Wings leading the WNBA in assists per game and total assists. An elite playmaker, Clark is able to get her teammates involved at a very high level.
While Clark is leading the league in assists, she could be averaging even more if her teammates converted on a higher percentage of the shots she generates. Starting Wednesday's game incredibly cold form three-point range, Indiana failed to convert on several wide-open looks Clark generated, which All-Star center Aliyah Boston addressed during her in-game interview on the ESPN broadcast.
"When we run, Caitlin knows how to find you," Boston said when asked about the connection with Clark. "Even just in half-court execution she knows where that ball should go. We just have to make sure we knock down those shots."
Indiana missed their first 10 threes against Dallas, and it was Clark who finally made their first one. Boston's message on Clark's passes was clear: Indiana needs to knock down shots off of them.
Drawing a lot of defensive attention, Clark often finds a wide-open teammate out of double-teams. Indiana entered play on Wednesday with the WNBA's sixth-best three-point percentage (33.4%), but that certainly dipped with their first half performance from beyond the arc.
As previously mentioned, Clark's first three was Indiana's first make of the game after 10 misses.
This game will be Indiana's final contest before the All-Star break, as the WNBA schedule will take a break until August 15th while the Paris Olympics take place.
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