“I Just Started Laughing”: Caitlin Clark Recalls Beating WNBA Veteran originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Even despite her struggles at times this WNBA season, it’d be hard to find any player who wouldn’t love to have the shooting ability of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark.
The second-year guard out of Iowa has been named an all-star in both of her WNBA seasons and continues to cement herself as one of the most popular athletes in all of sports. While most fans and players dream of being able to get hot from deep like Clark, for her it just comes naturally.
It is something she expounded on while appearing on “A Touch More” with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, expressing that all it takes is for her to hit two 3-pointers in a row, and she’s feeling it.
However, even though Clark set a franchise record for 3-pointers in a season as a rookie last year, even she can’t help but laugh at herself sometimes. When talking to Bird and Rapinoe, she cited a game against the New York Liberty from earlier this season when she laughed at how ridiculous a shot she made over two-time WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart.
“That moment that I have with Stewie (Stewart) when I made that one over her,” Clark said. “I don’t know how I made that shot. I barely got it over her fingertips. Like Stewie is one of the longest players in the league. … I just started laughing and then Stewie was laughing cause we were both like ‘What? How’d that go in?'”
That game was Clark’s best of the season, as she not only helped hand the Liberty their first loss of the season, but poured in a season-high 32 points with seven made 3s.
Clark has since gone cold from deep, but has been battling injuries throughout the year. She has missed 11 games, including the Commissioner’s Cup title game, and as of Monday, it is unclear if she will be able to play on Tuesday against the Liberty, as she has been dealing with a groin issue.
Tuesday’s game begins at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised by ESPN.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared.