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WNBA Playoffs: Caitlin Clark provides updates, highlights and analysis as Fever take on Sun in Game 2

Indiana Fever’s first playoff game since 2016 didn’t go exactly as planned.

Caitlin Clark and the rest of her team struggled with shooting on Sunday and were defeated in the first game of their best-of-three first-round series by an experienced Connecticut Sun team.

Visiting Indiana knows the task ahead of them in Wednesday’s second game won’t be easy and realizes Connecticut has a huge advantage in postseason experience.

From Cassandra Negley of Yahoo Sports:

Four of the five Fever starters have less than three years of WNBA experience. They all made deep March Madness runs in college, but entered the first-round series with zero combined games of WNBA playoff experience. That includes seven-year veteran guard Kelsey Mitchell.

Caitlin Clark, who just played in back-to-back Final Fours, said Tuesday that the intensity, pressure and win-or-go-home situation are similar to college but still different for a rookie at the pro level.

“It’s a learning curve for me too,” Clark said. “This is obviously my first playoff. This is this team’s first playoff for a lot of people. We’re all going through it at the same time and learning from it. You don’t always know what to expect because a lot of us have never been here before.”

UNCASVILLE, CT - SEPTEMBER 22: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket against Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner (24) and Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (42) during Round 1 and Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on September 22, 2024 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)UNCASVILLE, CT - SEPTEMBER 22: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket against Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner (24) and Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (42) during Round 1 and Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on September 22, 2024 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Sun claimed a 93-69 victory over Caitlin Clark and the Fever in Game 1 of the series on Sunday. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images)

The Fever have a chance to survive Wednesday night and extend Clark’s magical rookie season. But they’ll have to shoot better, impose their will in transition and weather the Sun’s intensity.

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