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After winning only 13 games last season, the Indiana Fever (11-14) are already closing in on that win total with 15 regular-season games remaining.
Caitlin Clark is averaging 16.8 points, 7.8 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.
In her first WNBA season, the Iowa product didn’t need much time to adapt to professional life.
On Wednesday night, in the final game before the month-long All-Star and Olympics break, the Fever travel to Dallas to face the Wings, who are 5-19 and have dropped six of their past seven games.
The Wings have dealt with several injuries to key players this season, but they did get Odyssey Sims and Natasha Howard back recently.
Still, they have been abysmal, losing 17 of their last 19 games.
During that stretch, the Wings have allowed opponents to make 49% of their shots from the field and 37% of their attempts from behind the arc.
Meanwhile, the Fever’s season started slowly but they have come on strong lately, securing eight wins in their past 12 games.
They are coming off a road win against the league’s best defensive team (Lynx) and beat the first-place Liberty on July 6.
Indiana has found a way to win games despite shooting poorly from deep.
The Fever have only hit 26.4% of their 3-point attempts over their past six outings but have still secured four wins in that stretch.
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This is the perfect game for Indiana to escape its recent 3-point shooting struggles.
The Wings have allowed teams to knock down 3s at a high clip, particularly over their past 10 games; opponents are hitting 41% from deep in that span.
This should be a fairly straightforward game for Clark and a surging Fever team.
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