That wasn’t the one mark Clark left on Friday.
Clark, who continues to etch her title within the league’s file books, grew to become the primary rookie to surpass 450 factors and 200 assists.
She has amassed 474 factors, 218 assists and 161 rebounds by 27 profession video games. To place that into context, no participant in league historical past has begun a season with these totals by 27 video games, rookie or not.
Friday additionally marked the second time this season Clark has notched at the least 25 factors and 10 assists in a recreation — greater than all rookies mixed in WNBA historical past, based on Stat Mamba.
If that wasn’t sufficient for Clark, after recording 24 factors and 19 assists in her final recreation earlier than the break, Friday’s outing helped her develop into the first WNBA participant to file 50 or extra factors and at the least 25 assists in a two-game span.
By means of all of the history-making, Clark has showcased her humility through the contest’s last seconds and whereas chatting with reporters afterward.
With the sport in hand for the Fever late, Clark had an opportunity to tie a career-high in factors and file her first 30-point, 10-assist recreation. As a substitute, she selected to let the shot clock run down.
Later, Clark admitted to needing a breather early within the recreation after roughly a month away from the courtroom.
“I referred to as for a sub six minutes in, if I am being trustworthy,” Clark stated through Matthew Byrne of Clutch Factors. “I used to be like, holy cow — I want a fast minute right here as a result of we had been taking part in quick after which my protection is not nearly as good.”
See, Clark is rather like everybody else. Solely she’s on tempo to develop into probably the greatest gamers the WNBA, or the game of basketball, has ever seen.
