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Troubling Caitlin Clark Issue Emerges After Missing Five Straight Fever Games

When Caitlin Clark came into the WNBA last year after a sensational college career at Iowa, her biggest skill was thought to be her 3-point shooting.

After all, she made 37.7% of her 10.4 3-point attempts a game while at Iowa, and her ability to hit shots from the suburbs with a defender in her face helped her become the NCAA's all-time leading career scorer.

But so far as a pro player, Clark's outside shooting has been inconsistent, and it has boiled down to whether she has been in the 317 area code.

A ClutchPoints post on X pointed out that at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the home of her Indiana Fever, Clark has made a sterling 44% of her 3-point attempts. But away from there, she is just 1-of-28 from beyond the arc so far this season.

Overall, Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds a game this season. She's second in the WNBA in assists average, but her shooting has been as uneven as the temperature of food cooked in an old microwave.

She's currently at just 39% overall and 29.5% from downtown. Her 2-point shooting accuracy is at 50.8%, which illustrates how much her inconsistency from beyond the arc has been the problem.

Interestingly, last year, she actually shot better from 3-point land on the road than at home — 36.7% versus 32.3%, to be exact.

Lately, Clark has had an additional problem — injuries. She has appeared in just nine games so far due to multiple ailments, although it looks like she's nearing a return from a strained groin.

Somehow, the Fever have been winning games without her. While they hold a mediocre 9-9 record, they have taken eight of their last 13 games, which doesn't include their victory in the Commissioner's Cup final last week over the Minnesota Lynx.

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