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WNBA Removes Key Stat from Caitlin Clark After Aces-Fever Game

Caitlin Clark made WNBA history on Friday during a regular-season clash between the Indiana Fever (19-19) and Las Vegas Aces (24-13), but the night didn’t come without drama.

Clark set the record for most assists in a single WNBA season. She surpassed Alyssa Thomas’s mark of 316, which was set during the 2023 season, in the second quarter when she found Kelsey Mitchell on a cut to the basket off an inbounds play.

With two regular-season games remaining, Clark has a chance to extend her record. She’s also all but secured the WNBA Rookie of the Year award. However, her historic performance on Friday didn’t come without a few off-court complications.

Clark initially finished the game with 18 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds on a night that ended in a 78-74 loss to the Aces. However, the postgame review revealed one of her assists didn’t meet the official criteria, reducing her final total to nine.

“1 assist was removed from the box score, finished with 9 assists,” Clark Report posted on X.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22)

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This marked three frustrating outcomes for Clark. She lost an assist from her stat sheet. She picked up a technical foul (bringing her closer to a one-game suspension), and her Fever fell to the Aces.

Despite these setbacks, Clark remains the overwhelming favorite to win Rookie of the Year, and she has the Fever a week away from their first playoff appearance since 2016. Indiana has two regular-season games — against the Dallas Wings on Sunday and the Washington Mystics on Tuesday —before the postseason begins on Sept. 22.

If Clark receives one more technical foul, it will be her seventh of the season, resulting in an automatic one-game suspension.