INDIANAPOLIS — As Caitlin Clark walked back out onto her new home floor and her face appeared on the video board, thousands of others wearing her No. 22 cheered one of their more enthusiastic game reactions of the night. It was late in the third quarter, the Indiana Fever trailed by 23 points and Clark had only scored a single bucket way back in the first 90 seconds.
It did not matter to a renewed fan base that sold out the home opener against the New York Liberty with 17,274 people at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.