“The future”: Arike Ogunbowale and Aliyah Boston share wholesome responses to Caitlin Clark’s latest Instagram post
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JULY 20: Caitlin Clark #22 of Team WNBA looks on during the second half against Team USA during the 2024 WNBA All Star Game at Footprint Center on July 20, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
The WNBA’s All-Star Weekend has concluded, with Team WNBA defeating Team USA 117-109 thanks to excellent performances from Arike Ogunbowale, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.
With an exciting WNBA All-Star Weekend in the books, the Indiana Fever rookie shared an Instagram post with snapshots from her first WNBA All-Star selection in just her rookie season.
Fellow WNBA All-Stars Arike Ogunbowale and Aliyah Boston offered their support for the rookie sensation with comments on the post.
“tha future!,” All-Star game MVP Arike Ogunbowale commented.
“My favorite hooper fr,” Clark’s teammate and fellow All-Star Aliyah Boston added.
Ogunbowale finished with a WNBA All-Star game record of 34 points, adding six assists, three rebounds and two steals. Boston added four points, shooting 2-3 from the field.
Clark led all WNBA players in votes in the fan-voting portion of the All-Star voting, with 700,735, followed by Boston in second place with 618,680 votes.
Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA All-Star Game rookie record
Caitlin Clark impressed in her first All-Star Game, putting her electric passing ability on display.
Clark finished with a WNBA All-Star rookie record of 10 assists in the 117-109 upset over Team USA. The superstar point guard finished just two assists shy of breaking Sue Bird’s All-Star game record of 11 assists in 2017.
“Oh, it’s Sues? Then I’m breaking it,” Clark told to the broadcast. “She’s been talking crap all game. Then I’m breaking it. If it’s anybody else, they can keep it, not Sue Bird. Thank you for telling me that; that’s really important.”
However, Clark warmed the bench for most of the second half, managing 10 assists for the game, meaning Bird’s All-Star game record lives to see another season.
Clark averaged 17.1 points, 8.2 assists, and 5.8 rebounds before the All-Star break, while shooting 32.7% from behind the arc. Clark set a WNBA record with 19 assists in her final game before the All-Star break, while also adding 24 points and six rebounds and shooting 53 percent from the field.
As expected, Clark is showing flashes of greatness early in her career as she looks to help get the Indiana Fever to the playoffs.
Angel Reese’s Painful Realization About Her ‘Problem’ After Chicago Sky Loss.
Angel Reese secured WNBA history on Sunday, but that wasn’t enough to put a smile on the rookie’s face.
The Chicago Sky suffered their sixth straight loss of the season, falling to the Minnesota Lynx 79-74.
Reese racked up her 418th rebound of the season against Minnesota, after recording 17 points and 19 boards in the game. She became the No. 1 player in total rebounds in a single WNBA season, passing league legend Sylvia Fowles who had 404 for the record.
Following the game, Reese spoke about the WNBA record. She mentioned that she needs to give herself more credit for achieving the feat, but right now, she’s not focused on individual accolades.
“I really don’t give myself grace,” Reese said. “That’s probably another problem. Just being able to think about the next game. I don’t know the individual accolades that I get… When we start winning, okay cool, congrats Angel.
Winning is the No. 1 priority for Reese and the Sky at this point. The rookie has explained that it’s incredible to achieve the things she’s been able to accomplish but even went as far as saying she has to improve as a player.
While she’s a phenomenal rebounder, Reese made it clear that she has to impact the game on other levels for the Sky to be victorious.
“I just wanna focus on winning right now,” Reese said. “I just can’t be rebounding. It has to be more.”
From the naked eye, it seems Reese has had a successful season in terms of scoring and rebounding.
She went into the matchup against the Lynx averaging 13.2 points and 12.9 rebounds per game. Reese is the only rookie averaging a double-double, and she leads the league in average rebounds.
The problem with Reese has been in the efficiency category. She’s shooting 38.6% from the field despite most of her attempts coming within 10 feet of the basket.
Reese seems to realize that she needs to improve in other areas of the game in order to help her stock rise even more.
