After another early exit, Caitlin Clark’s career is still lacking playoff success

As undeniable as Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is as a WNBA megastar, both in terms of her on-court prowess and off-court attention, it is also undeniable that Clark is missing what is often considered the hallmark of true greatness for any basketball player: playoff heroics.

Clark and the Fever were eliminated from the postseason Thursday, losing 94-83 to the Las Vegas Aces in a winner-take-all Game 3 to cap their first-round series. And Clark put up a dispiriting performance, finishing with only 18 points and four assists. She was inefficient, hitting only 6 of 18 field goals (including a bricky 3 of 12 from 3) while committing six turnovers.

Clark’s play paled in comparison to four-time MVP A’ja Wilson, who had 36 points and 10 rebounds on 61.1% shooting.

“Obviously, probably let this hurt a little bit,” Clark said after the game when asked to look back on the Fever’s season and exit. “This is really only my fifth game playing in the postseason, so you kind of take the burn a little bit, but also how much fun this season was and how together our group was and just getting to replicate that going forward.”

As Clark mentioned…

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