Barbara wanted to go to a Fever game, and being that it was in Indianapolis, that meant taking her nephew and roommate. Well, call it a mini vacation.
Of course, she is caught up in the Catalin Clark craze. Personally, I had long wanted to see a WNBA game so now was my chance.
I admitted that, while I expected to enjoy the game, I enjoyed it more than I thought that I would.
Upshot: the Sun (undefeated as of this writing) won 84-82 but the Fever played hard and well. And while Clark IS a good rookie, I’d honestly say that she was not the best player on the court or even on her own team. Kelsey Mitchell (no. 0) had some great slashing drives to the basket.
I’d say that Alyssa Thomas, no. 25 of the Sun, was the best player on the court.
Still the crowd was lit, the game was very well played; high energy from both teams.
In case you were wondering: with fees: 82 dollars a ticket for section 107 (club) row 1. One could get in for 10 dollars had one wanted to sit in the upper deck, but this was special for Barbara.
Commentary Much has been said about the C. Clark craze and some of the resentment it has brought out.
Yes, too many CC fans were naive in thinking that she would just show up and dominate like she did in Big Ten play. Yes, I remember Larry Bird leading the Celtics from 24 wins to 61 in his first year and to the title in his second, and Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to the 1980 title in his first year (0k, they also had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but the Lakers had sucked for 4 years with him) but those guys were generational talents. To expect that from a rookie is to be delusional.
Then there is probably some resentment about this new rookie getting so much publicity …when other, currently better players aren’t getting nearly as much.
And there is the whole “PR package too” : attractive white gal with a conservative appearance (no rainbow colored hair, no nose ring, no body full of tattoos, no outlandish eyelashes). One would have to be crazy to deny that this contributed to her popularity.
And so, I’d expect that she get a bit of “welcome to the WNBA, Rookie” treatment from time to time.
From our trip:
Life of an old goat 