Of course, Caitlin Clark knew she was closing in on her second career triple-double. Her teammates and the home crowd knew it as well.
We would be kidding ourselves to think that someone — let alone Caitlin Clark — wouldn’t be aware of something like a triple-double. It’s hard to ignore stats like that, especially when they’re of historic proportions. On Wednesday, while Caitlin was busy tossing up monumental 3-point shots and dishing out behind-the-back passes, she also recorded another triple-double. Her fantastic stat line broke a rookie record previously set by *checks notes* herself earlier this season.
Caitlin’s impressive feat came on a last-second rebound, and when asked if she knew she was so close, Caitlin smiled and responded, “Of course, I knew. But, honestly, we were just trying to get stops…We found a way to get it done. But somebody had to get the rebound. [Aliyah Boston] was joking — we always joke about stealing each other’s rebounds. So, that was funny.”
"Of course I knew."
Caitlin Clark knew on the final possession that she was just one rebound away from a triple-double pic.twitter.com/eGvqmWkc4N
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) September 5, 2024
Caitlin was asked if she knew how close she was to her second triple-double ever pic.twitter.com/htFN4B2Sx6
— espnW (@espnW) September 5, 2024
There is someone who didn’t know Caitlin was close to history — Kelsey Mitchell. As the Fever fans were going wild, Kelsey was seemingly (and hilariously) confused about the whole ordeal.
Kelsey Mitchell didn’t realize Caitlin Clark only needed one more rebound and had a HILARIOUS reaction to the crowd erupting pic.twitter.com/oZuP9TI8o0
— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) September 5, 2024