The new season of the WNBA league officially started today, because of the participation of Li Yueru, the main center of the Chinese women's basketball team, so this league also has a certain degree of attention in China.
On the first matchday, the most closely watched game was the Indiana Maniatics vs. the Connecticut Sunshine. The reason why it has attracted so much attention is because the Fever team selected "female version of Curry" Caitlin Clarke with the top pick in this year's WNBA Draft.
Clark is a superstar in American college basketball, breaking the NCAA men's and women's scoring records and the NCAA record for three-pointers made in a single season. Before she entered the WNBA draft, Clark received a lot of offers to play, and even appeared to be able to earn several times her annual WNBA salary by playing only 7 games.
Obviously, Clark is currently the most commercially valuable female basketball player, so her WNBA debut has attracted much attention. The Fever are an underdog, and even if they retain most of their key players from last season, it can't hide the fact that this team can't make the playoffs. As a rookie, Clark wants to carry the team, which is not so easy.
In this game, Clark shot 5 of 15 from the field, including 4 of 11 from beyond the three-point line, and 6 from the free throw line, scoring 20 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, which looked good, but she had 10 turnovers, and the Fever also lost 71-92 to the Sunshine by 21 points.
It can be seen that Clark has not yet been able to adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the WNBA game, and there is still a certain difference between professional basketball and college basketball. However, Clarke's ability to adjust is very strong, and I believe that she will soon be able to adapt to such a game.