The Fever didn’t miss a chance to rub their comeback win over the Mercury in star Diana Taurasi’s face.
“Actuality test,” the Fever tweeted together with a graphic celebrating their 88-82 win on Sunday.
This was in response to Taurasi’s feedback about Caitlin Clark, the highest decide of their yr’s WNBA draft, after the completion of her school profession at Iowa.
“Actuality is coming, there’s ranges to this factor,” Taurasi mentioned throughout an look on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt of Clark and Chicago Sky rookie Kamilla Cardoso.
It sparked a possible budding on-court rivalry that even WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert acknowledged, and Clark received the primary chortle within the battle between the rookie and all-time nice.
The Fever trailed by as many as 15 factors in opposition to the Mercury and got here from behind to win, outscoring the Mercury, 29-15, within the third quarter alongside the best way.
Within the win, Clark practically recorded a triple-double, accumulating 15 factors, 12 assists and 9 rebounds, whereas overcoming a 4-for-14 capturing show with six turnovers within the course of.
Taurasi supplied Clark her props after the sport.
“It’s wonderful,” she mentioned at a postgame press convention. “What Caitlin’s been in a position to do in her quick profession to this point has been nothing wanting exceptional. The one factor that I actually love about her … she’s put the work in. Even all through her quick WNBA profession, it’s been a variety of strain, a variety of issues thrown at her and she or he retains exhibiting up and she or he retains getting higher each single sport. So her future is tremendous vivid.”
The Fever have been paced by Aaliyah Boston who had 17 factors.
Taurasi completed with 19 factors and three steals whereas capturing 5-for-14 from the sphere.