‘Reality check’: Caitlin Clark 1, Diana Taurasi 0. Rookie’s near triple-double wins over GOAT
LA TimesIndiana’s Caitlin Clark and Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi faced each other for the first time Sunday when the Fever defeated the Mercury 88-82 on Sunday at Footprint Center. Sunday’s game at Footprint Center in Phoenix was the first meeting between Taurasi, the league’s all-time leading scorer playing in her 20th season, and Clark, college basketball’s all-time leading scorer playing in her first professional season. The Mercury’s Diana Taurasi, right, is fouled by the Fever’s Caitlin Clark on Sunday in Phoenix. “So her future is super bright, and being a veteran and being in this league for a long, long time, it is pretty cool to see that going into the future.” It was high praise from the veteran compared to her preseason prediction for Clark, who was a huge star for Iowa, drawing record ratings for women’s college basketball during March Madness last spring.