Caitlin Clark Scores 20 In Debut Loss In WNBA With Indiana Fever... | Pat McAfee Reacts 

A lot of pressure on her , she was pressing .. she will be fine Steph’s first year was up and down ,, she will settle in

“Somebody on the Sun became the 5th leading scorer in the history of the league” 😂😂😂

The Indiana Fever offense is too cluttered and Clark needs spacing which the Fever don't have

Another perk of Caitlin Clark: Through her, I met the Pat McAfee show. 😊😊😊

Iowa would have run the Fever out of the gym last night, those women need to get in shape and start running.

I love Tye's idea for Bluder to go to Indy.

finally, someone understanding the meaning of two fake fouls in the first minutes. Thank you

Those ghost fouls to start game ruined Clarks mojo...and her useless coach was pathetic...

She scored 20 and had a bad game. Things are looking good 👍

I saw them basically Mug CC and never get a foul. When CC barley touches some one they give her a foul- What's going on

I hope Pat slowly becomes unhinged as he watches the "product" provided by the WNBA. Alyssa Thomas had 7 turnovers with barely any ball pressure. Her best move is converting into a human bowling ball to knock down smaller players.

AS I OFTEN SAY, "PEOPLE LIE...NUMBERS DON'T": The TOP 3 highest-rated, most watched NCAA women's tournament games ever, ALL feature....Caitlin Clark. That is not a coincidence. IOWA played a game vs DePaul in Kinnick Stadium--an outdoor football stadium--and filled it with nearly 56,000 fans. That, too, is not coincidence. Nor was it because of anyone else. It was because of Caitlin Clark. People lie. Numbers don't. Nor do numbers see race or care about feelings. So huge is Caitlin Clark's impact, that it has actually been studied, dissected and quantified in dollars. Even the DRAFT drew millions of viewers. Even her 2 PRESEASON games BOTH broke attendance records. Caitlin's debut regular season game--last night--was the most watched WNBA game in 23 years. It drew 2.13 million viewers. By contrast, the reigning WNBA champion Aces vs Mercury game drew a measly 464,000 viewers. THAT is the Caitlin Clark Effect. Haters can cope or try to split hairs all they want. As I said, numbers do not lie. And if you think they're crying NOWWW....just wait until Caitlin's Nike shoe launches and outsells BOTH Aja Wilson and Angel Reese--combined. The amount of tears will rival the Thailand tsunami...stay tuned!

I was at the game. It was 80% Caitlin Clarke fans, 20% Connecticut suns fans

He's right about the coaching change for the Fever, Pat💯 Did you hear what the coach said about her post game? It was definitely negative, almost haterous, to ME... My own word😅 But her old coach would be a great fit, plus she has respect for her and Coach gonna know how to play her. And if she can play wit next to nothing in Iowa, she now have a little talent on her team. But these WNBA players & officials need to & better stop "targeting" her, you're killing THE ONLY EXCITING THING IN THE WNBA. Get on board, or get dropped off.💯💪🏿🤷🏿

This was hilarious 😂😂 I Luv this show

Omg yesssss with the slowness of Indiana last night. Like, they knew they were getting CC.. why weren’t they working more on their speed during the offseason? It seemed like no one was getting open and looking for the passes

Coach Bluder said that she eventually had to rethink style of play Iowa was running when CC step on the court She had the hind sight .CC proved to Bluder she could do it and you know the rest of the story Back to back Nat.Champ games 3 time conf champs .Coach Sides has some tuff decisions to make

Oh we’re watching in IA and they need to get Bluder to the Fever. Sides is NOT the Coach to ever make her successful at all. Sides has to go!

I'm at Sun games regularly, that place is never less than 3 quarters full, depending on the particular game - it is Connecticut,we do love our basketball here

Can't believe I watched WNBA highlights lol😂😂

As soon as I herd Coach Bluder retired from Iowa, my prediction is the coach from the Fever will get let go either at the end of the season or if they get off to a bad start right then and the Fever will hire Lisa Bluder since she knows how to coach CC!!!!

If somebody gave me a bag I might be pumped about the WNBA as well

Now we are in game 3 😂 they are in for a surprise 🎉

I love Caitlin Clark, glad she's in my home city/state too! The Iowa population adds another dimension both good and bad. The bad ones expect her to play the exact Iowa game that disappointingly led to their team to a loss to the South Carolina team. The good ones are expecting her to grow and increasingly become a dominant scorer to hopefully professional GOAT status. Good ones stay, bad ones, hit the hay.

It is funny watching people realize the WNBA is broken. It feels way too obsessed with creating jobs for older players and coaches with 90s basketball mentality. It is crazy that college players have 4 weeks to prepare for a league where older mediocre players just throw their weight around to make up for a lack of talent. The fever does need a coach change. Someone like CC should be focusing on long shots to take away that physical gimmick because new players need time before they can build muscle to handle the jobbers.

Great point she would have beat Parkers 30 point first game if they had fallen.

Fever coach Sides has successfully destroyed Caitlyn's spontaneity/offense decision-making/enjoyment.

2:02 what happened there? Lol

the great ones adjust, pat well done with the mic's. let the backend now via compliment. legend.

The WNBA is probably the only "sport" that doesnt get tougher when you move from college to the league

SPOT ON ... FIRE the ref !

The real game last night was the aces vs mercury game

Refs chopped that game up.

Taurasi and Plum weren't being picked up full court, or being double teamed all game. I agree Sides is clueless and way over her head. Lexie and Celeste not even touching the floor inexcusable. They need spacing and shooting. In my dreams I'd see AB traded for Brinks who would play way better with CC.

Think he is gonna comment on Harrison butker speech?😂

woulda had 30 points if she made more shots? lol

For those of you new to women's basketball. If you fire that ref that made those terrible calls, he will just be replaced by someone worse.

And just think... Caitlin had a bad game and still scored 20pts - 3 assists - 2 steals. Future is goooooood!!! Better catch a fever and hop on this train ya'll!!!

Thanks for saying the quiet parts out loud.

I only watched 1 minute of that game then I went back to watching the NBA playoffs

And the Kirk Cousins Award goes to.....

They gotta start playing with a full size rock before they can levelall the way up

Remember how folks wanted to cook Skemes after his debut? It’s one game

Wonder what they thought of the Stewie screen

10 turnovers? Ouch

Not even one of the CC fans calling for coach to be fired, but come on, no movement or purpose in the offense, star PF barely touched the ball, Clark needs pace, to have the ball, and people to move, none of these are happening. You dont fix things early, that record isnt getting much better, so id say watch that head coach closely

Most turn overs in a debut lol

I haven't watched the W since they disbanded the Houston Comets. I'll watch a game or two of Indiana's season.

Bluder for the Fever

I’ve been watching for a long time. Some of these female athletes like Diana have been in a movie before. It’s a basketball movie that was in theaters years ago. The movie is called “Juwanna Mann.” It’s about a black man who goes into the WNBA as a woman and plays pro ball. I seen it when I was young. Some of them were featured in hip hop videos years ago.

i had no clue they played

I cant believe people had the audacity to say caitlin was "clamped". She scored 20. Thats not clamped.

Pat is Caitlins buddy now 😂

Bluder 2024 CC#22 Fever Lmao 🔥🔥🔥 Election time. It's time far another interview Pat

Eh, it took 2 seasons before the Storm with Brianana Stewart got competitive.

4:05 It was their first home opener sellout since 2003 but they've sold out other games. I know in the 2022 Finals it was a sellout

its time to bring geno up

Why so much focus on refs? Coaches? 🤔 🧐

People make it look so easy people forget shits had

Everyone calm down it’s her 1st official game. Let her get the flow of it and she will be unstoppable

CC team needs to step up

Michael Jordan scored 16 points in his first career game… Unfortunately Indiana is not a very good team (Why they picked first in the draft). However I think Caitlan Clark will improve.. i have no doubt about that

5-15 with 10 TO's is NOT hooping

The overall brand of how they play as a whole needs to be be updated

Only way CC can succeed is 1. Get rid of the coach 2. Bring in some foreign female baller 6.7 center 3. Bring some of her Iowa players. 4. Trade some current players. I’ll bet you fans, international and local will go crazy.

Pat is Bluder putting her staff together ,to take over when it crashes .Maybe be prepared for next year .Great Coach Bluder vs an assistant coach .Win win if they do this

Wheres the Charizard at??

Can we talk about her shooting NBA 3s !!🤯

Hey!

Yes, CC's game will take time. BUT- the coaching for Indiana was indeed lousy. You know that CC's going to draw double and triple team coverage- are you running plays to capitalize on the resulting defensive mismatches? No. Are they running enough picks and screens to get her open? No. Are you pushing taking the easy quick 2 shots- of which they were SO many opportunities? No. The ultimate goal is to get the ball in the basket, and the Fever's game plan, so far, is not capitalizing.

CC first 2 preseason games weren't played like preseason games... everybody wanted action, they got it an nobody complained about CC. Now that her first game was under par, all the bugs are coming out of the woodwork. I think CC will unleash her beast on her opponents soon.

Get a new Coach!!!!!!!!!!

Get behind McAfee

Unless the entire product gets better, the WNBA will continue to be a money pit. Clark can’t float the boat. I hope she cashes in early because a leaky ship doesn’t carry the cargo for long.

ONLY CLARK HERSELF (and her family) can FIGHT this unprecedented level of industrialized sabotage, including her own team. Does Clark give a ----- now?

I dont need CC to win (a bonus if fever does), i just want CC to score as much as 3s as much as possible lol same as Spurs with Wemby. Viewers and ratings will increase because of her exciting shot making. No need to pressure her of winning coz thats plain crazy 🎉🎉🎉

CC shot 33%, 20 points negated by 10 turnovers, Boston did nothing, poor coach with losing record.

I mean even tho they lost, majority of the people like to watch CC play. Theres no other wnba player that can shoot the ball like catlin clark.

I doubt if CC ever gets down on herself, but if she does, she should just queue up this video. Or better yet, come visit the studio again!

CC knows how to hustle... she plays run and gun... The rest of the Fever are too slow and too comfortable... no screens or picks to free up Caitlyn and break op the 3 on 1 coverages on her..

4/11 behind the arc

Her coach Side need to fight for Caitlin for the fouls. At least the second foul. Ref are haters

I saw Pat's take on the 70K as him just showing who he is, he takes care of the people in his company. Pat's special in that regard though, not many heads of companies make such an effort to take care of their people. Pat is one of one!!!!

I hope all Caitlin haters know that the Fevers came last place in the WNBA last year while Reese and the other chics went to a good team in the WNBA. Clark wasn't bad at all just wait its just game 1

I love the 'If she had been great she would have been great.' sentiment. She wasn't. She was bang average. Treat her how you would treat any number 1 draft pick. She has talent, she may be great, but don't patronise her and us by trying to sell ice to Eskimos.

The Fever need MR Griner🤔

Caitlin Clark will bounce back

The Fever need work.... Connecticut dominated. They were the better team from start to finish. CC will figure it out.

With most of her points coming when the other team stopped pressing her after the game was out of hand she was 5-15 from the field and 4-of-11 from behind the arc. for 20 points and TEN turnovers in a loss? That is not a special player no matter how much you want her to be. If she can not average 30 points a game no woman is getting another shoe for a long time.

Yes, change the coach, please!!!!!

Come on Pat, don’t act like there aren’t obvious reasons why things are how they are, I’m rooting for Clark to be able to bring bigger and better things to the league but the league is why they pay 3 nearly 4 times more than an entry pay in the military

10 turnovers most ever by player in first game ?

It is kinda strange that the average shooting percentage in the NBA is higher than that of the WNBA. Strength and athletic ability are not really factors in a jump shot. Shouldn't men and women both have an equal chance of shooting a basket? Is it because of the average height? or maybe the style of play? I imagine there are more dominant centers and power forwards in the NBA and because they play closest to the rim, they have a higher FG percentage...just food for thought.

I'm going the other direction. I want Clark to foul out every game. Score 40. At least 15 turnovers. I will watch. Catching the fever

I'll be honest the coach has more work to do with those other players more than she has to with Caitlin. Kesley Mitchell is not 100% either, when she heals up that will help.

Always talking finance … this isn’t Bank of America, Merill Lynch .. this is professional basketball.

Clark was great, but let's be real, in the W, the Aces are on another planet, then there are the Liberty and the Suns, and everyone else is below that

i think we can all agree it was better before we had to pretend to care about wnba lmoa

The coach is awful. She went to a press conference and said CC is going to have to start taking twjmmg 2's. Um what?!

But an L is an L