Fresh off being named the unanimous AP Rookie of the Year and finishing fourth in MVP voting, Caitlin Clark scored her first career playoff points Sunday.
With the Indiana Fever visiting the Connecticut Sun in Game 1 of their first-round series, Clark connected on a tough reverse layup near the end of the first quarter for her first bucket of the postseason.
Caitlin Clark drives to the rim and finishes with a TUFF reverse layup 😮💨
This marks the first playoff points of the rook's career!
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The score wasn’t all that different from Clark’s first career regular-season bucket, which also came on a drive from the right.
Though the points tied the game for the Fever, Connecticut eventually pulled away for a 24-point win. The under cashed on all of Clark’s props, as the rookie struggled in her playoff debut. She finished with 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting, including 2-of-13 3-pointers, four rebounds and eight assists.
