he check get out of the ball one more time cross again no she’s back oh my god oh my god this isn’t real fire in the game what in 38 seconds for she hit all three threes not only look at the depth of these field attempts she’s certainly feeling left side right side now come back to your favorite spot again it doesn’t matter if there’s a hand what am I watching the defending champions were undefeated nobody had figured out how to crack their code the New York Liberty looked unstoppable rolling through teams like

they weren’t even there then Caitlyn Clark came back from injury on June 14th what happened next wasn’t just a win it was a complete demolition that broke eight records in one night the Liberty’s perfect season gone their confidence shattered but here’s what nobody saw coming the way the Fever turned this into a blueprint for championship basketball if you’re hyped up for Caitlyn’s return then comment CC recordbreaker down below let’s go caitlyn pulls left wing from the right wing 30 plus feet logo crosses over

launch it oh my goodness she is back back in the lineup i’m ready to go i think you’re just excited more than anything um you know it gets it gets kind of difficult when you prepare for a game obviously when I’m on the bench still knowing the scout knowing everything that the other team’s going to do and still trying to mentally prepare and go through everything like I’m going to play even though I knew I wasn’t going to play so you know doing that but also knowing I was going to be able to be active today I think is gives you a

little extra juice um so I’m certainly excited just to get back out there get playing and uh really good opportunity for us at home here uh coming off of a loss so it’s a big game picture this the defending champions rolling through every team like they’re playing against high schoolers the New York Liberty came into June with a perfect nine- win zero loss record they were the only undefeated team left in the WNBA every single game was a statement every victory made them look more unstoppable the Liberty weren’t just winning games

they were destroying teams with a suffocating defense that nobody could crack teams would walk into the arena thinking they had a chance 2 hours later they’d leave the court looking confused and beaten down the Liberty’s defense was like a brick wall that kept getting taller every game you played the Liberty um there was obviously a frustrating ending what lessons can you take from that experience and how can that be applied to this even though I know obviously Liberty look a little different with two starters out yeah I

mean I think certainly you take time and score situations um you know different different versions of handling runs offensively defensively um margin for error is small against a team like New York and and you know every play uh matters you know every time we send him to the free throw line matters every rebound matters um you know we can’t afford to have empty possessions on the offensive end of the floor you know you you’ve got to play your a game every team that faced them came in with confidence and left completely

demoralized coaches spent hours drawing up plays players studied film until their eyes hurt nothing worked the Liberty had an answer for everything their pick and roll offense was surgical their defense was relentless and their confidence was through the roof sabrina Yonescu Jonquuel Jones and Briana Stewart were playing basketball at a level that made other all-stars look ordinary these three weren’t just having good seasons they were dominating in ways that made you wonder if anyone could compete with them stuart would

score from anywhere on the court unesco would hit impossible shots and make passes that shouldn’t exist jones defended the inside and made other centers look like kids so I think we continue to learn lessons from the first time we played them and from our last game against Atlanta you know every single day that we we move forward um you know I think they’re they’re a different team certainly we’re going to be a different team having C and Sophie back on the floor um and you know we’re going to tip the ball up and and go out

and we’re we’re going to give it everything that we have the numbers tell the whole story they were averaging blowout wins and making star players look ordinary their margin of victory wasn’t just impressive it was scary teams would come in ranked high in the league and get blown out by 20 points even the best players in the WNBA looked like they were playing a different sport when they faced New York even basketball analysts were starting to wonder if anyone could challenge them this season sports shows were talking about how long

the streak could last writers were already planning articles the conversation wasn’t about who could beat them it was about whether anyone even had a chance welcome to ESPN’s coverage of the WNBA the defending champion in unbeaten New York Liberty coming to town for the second time this year as we get ready for this game and yes she is back caitlyn Clark will indeed be playing today missed the last five games with a strange quad taking on the Liberty off to their best start ever sabrina Yanescu and company in this big Commissioners

Cup game as well and as usual all the seats are filled here then the Fever got their chance but they needed something special to happen indiana was coming off injuries and lineup changes they hadn’t looked like a championship team yet most people expected another Liberty blowout victory but there one thing New York never saw coming the return of Caitlyn Clark y’all we have an opportunity in front of us right now i feel like this is like u we’re starting a new season you guys I’m so proud of how resilient we’ve been up until this point we’re

going to continue to have to be but right now we have an opportunity to continue to take a step forward okay this can be a springboard for us right we’re marrying energy and effort with execution every single possession matters hit singles hit singles make the easy play all right make one another better okay it’s our time it’s our time together on three 1 2 3 let’s talk about the moment that changed everything 38 seconds that rewrote WNBA history clark stepped onto the court at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and immediately you could

feel something different in the air she wasn’t just back from her quad injury she was ready to make a statement that would echo through the entire league and Cunningham is down behind the play but they’ve got Kaitel Clark to fire away from two players with incredible up ball from Cunningham clark another long three she’s back the Liberty defense was ready for her they had studied every move every tendency they knew Clark would come out firing they had watched film of her shooting from impossible distances they

thought they were prepared for what she could do they weren’t even close but then Clark did something that nobody saw coming three consecutive three-pointers from distances that made defenders look helpless the first shot came from 34 ft out most players wouldn’t even think about taking that shot clark pulled up like it was a free throw nothing but net the second shot was from 31 ft same result the third shot was also from 31 ft out by this point the Liberty defenders were just watching in amazement rebound fever cunningham got

knocked to the floor caitlyn pulls left wing buries it she is back 2418 Fever caitlyn now from the right wing 30 plus feet again no one else but Caitlyn Clark sopus handoff caitlyn from the logo crosses over launches oh my goodness are you kidding the most dynamic player in the game nine points and 38 seconds for Caitlyn she hit all three threes and not only N and 30 but look at the depth on these field goal attempts she’s certainly feeling it the crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse went absolutely insane as each shot found nothing but

net fans were jumping out of their seats the noise level was incredible you could feel the energy building with every shot Clark made the arena was shaking with excitement nine points in 38 seconds that’s not just fast scoring that’s rewriting what’s possible in professional basketball think about that for a second most players are happy to score nine points in an entire quarter clark did it in less than a minute she became the first player in WNBA history to achieve this exact feat and Cunningham from the logo oh my god but

this got Clark to fire away from three just now getting up as she stayed down near the free throw line on the other end okay why did they go and then Marine Johanna’s counter players logo but this is why the logo again we got a shootout we got a shootout again no even Brianna Stewart couldn’t help but smile because what she was watching was pure basketball artistry stuart is one of the best players in the world she’s seen everything the game has to offer but even she had to appreciate what Clark was doing out there this was

basketball at its highest level [Music] the Liberty called a timeout but it was already too late clark had already broken their mental game you could see it in their body language the confidence they had built over nine straight wins was starting to crack they came into this game expecting another easy victory instead they were watching Clark rewrite the record books this wasn’t luck or a hot streak this was a superstar announcing her return in the most

dominant way possible the Liberty had an 11-point lead in the first quarter after Clark’s 38-second explosion the game was tied at 24 she had single-handedly erased their entire advantage and shifted the momentum completely here’s where it gets really incredible clark didn’t just have a good game she rewrote the record books by halftime Clark had already scored 25 points the most she’d ever put up in a single half this wasn’t just a hot shooting night this was Clark announcing that her five-game absence from the quad

injury was officially over they get it inside to Mitchell those two have such a great connection rebound paddled for it clark comes away with it caitlyn outlet to Aaliyah in stride quite close and she fakes it in it’s a dive from CC to AB and that does it for a scintillating first 20 minutes at Cambridge Fieldhouse it’s the Fever 53 and the Liberty 50 but the records were just getting started and each quarter brought new milestones clark hit seven three-pointers during the game a careerhigh that left Liberty

defenders scrambling to find answers every time they thought they had her figured out she’d pull up from another impossible distance and drain another shot the Liberty coaching staff kept calling timeouts but nothing could cool her down i don’t know if you guys have seen or heard but Caitlyn Clark is in fact back caitlyn Clark sends steps back with the three over Brianna Stewart then came the moment that put her above WNBA legend Candace Parker clark finished with 30 points eight rebounds and nine assists this became her third

career game with 30 points five rebounds and five assists parker a two-time MVP and seventime all-star only has two such games in her first two seasons clark just passed one of the greatest players in WNBA history she became the fourth fastest player in WNBA history to reach 850 career points doing it in just 45 games cynthia Coopdike needed 38 games simone Augustus did it in 39 games that’s the company Clark now keeps the absolute elite scorers in league history hey hey don’t The combination of 30 points eight

rebounds nine assists and seven three-pointers made her the only player in WNBA history to achieve this exact statline nobody has ever put up these numbers in a single game not Subird not Diana Terrasi not Maya Moore nobody clark became the first person to ever reach this combination of stats she moved to second place for most games with 50 plus points scored or assisted on with nine such games in just 45 games diana Terrasi leads this category with 10 games but she needed 565 games to get there clark is doing it at a pace that’s

absolutely incredible she’s tracking to pass Torres’s record before the end of this season the New York Liberty came out and threw the first punch in this quarter for the Liberty to make this a single digit game has been impressive here i think the way we responded when they went on that run in the third quarter like we had to figure out how to play through it and go on a run of our own and in the past like that’s kind of where we would crumble that’s exactly where we crumbled um but today we really stuck together we went on our own run

missile trying to blow by everybody does and gets the foul bounce pass rightwing hole wide open three of course clark to hull open lane and she scores off the glass caitlyn challenged Sobly and won it clark now holds the record for most 30 point five rebound five assist games in a player’s first two seasons surpassing Candace Parker this wasn’t just a great performance against the defending champions this was Clark cementing her place among the all-time greats in record time she’s rewriting what’s possible for a young player in this

league but here’s what made this win truly special it wasn’t just the Caitlyn Clark show while Clark was breaking records her teammates were having career-defining performances of their own the question was whether the supporting cast could match Clark’s energy and execution they answered that question in the most perfect way possible clark nails it a 17 nothing run caitlyn Clark now with seven threes on the afternoon i thought Sid was fantastic today she makes two huge threes for us in the second half um S was fantastic

final score Fever 102 Liberty 88 and Caitlyn Clark’s return indiana fans elated and amazed the Fever are the first team to defeat the Liberty in 2025 lexi Hall stepped up with careerhighs across every statistical category points rebounds assists steals and shooting percentages hall has been quietly having the best season of her career she leads the entire league in three-point percentage while setting personal bests in every major category her shooting from beyond the ark creates space for Clark and opens up the entire offense

when Hull catches fire from three-point range the fever become impossible to guard aaliyah Boston became the only center in the league averaging 4.1 assists per game showing her unique playmaking ability boston isn’t just a traditional center who scores in the paint she can pass the ball like a point guard she sees plays develop before they happen her ability to facilitate from the center position makes the Fever’s offense completely different from every other team in the league found Austin perfectly boston being very physical with Sabbelly

count it fake left drive right make it all look so easy blocked by Boston kelsey Mitchell added 22 points with clutch shots that kept the Liberty from making any comeback runs mitchell hit big shots in the fourth quarter when the Liberty tried to make their move every time New York cut the lead Mitchell would answer with a three-pointer or a driving layup her scoring ability takes pressure off Clark and gives the Fever multiple offensive weapons it is shocking to see Kennedy Burke miss one three this season she’s leading the

league at over 60% but to see her miss a couple count it as Mitchell celebrates from the floor mitchell is simply such a great cutter and this time going again from the right side to the middle of the floor coulson head up finds her drops the pass what a tough finish as well sydney Coulson provided crucial support off the bench with 10 points and six assists she came in during important moments and never looked out of place her steady play kept the momentum going when the starters needed a break coulson’s contributions

show how deep this Fever roster really is coulson playing point with Caitlyn now on the bench back door feed mitchell score it and one the ball movement was crisp the defense was suffocating and every player knew exactly what their role was the Fever forced the Liberty to play at their pace they disrupted New York’s pick and roll offense with smart defensive adjustments they took away the mismatches that the Liberty normally create this was the blueprint for championship basketball stars being stars while role players elevate their

games stephanie White emphasized the importance of the team’s resilience stating “This group is they stay together they encourage one another they draw strength from one another this team first mentality created a winning formula that was on full display when everyone fires on all cylinders like this the Fever transform from a good team into a championship contender the chemistry was obvious the execution was perfect the confidence was through the roof good job no we good job squad needed it played fever way i love it more of them

this wasn’t just a win this was the fever showing the entire WNBA that they figured out the championship formula clark breaking eight records while her teammates reached career highs created something special the Liberty’s perfect season is over but more importantly The Fever just proved they can beat anyone when they play their brand of basketball with Clark breaking records and her teammates reaching new heights the 2025 season just became a lot more interesting the Fever moved to five wins and five losses and grabbed first place

in the Eastern Conference standings for the Commissioner Cup when this team fires on all cylinders they’re championship contenders if you’re hyped up for Caitlyn’s return then comment CC recordbreaker down below like subscribe and turn on all notifications so you never miss out click the video on the screen and we will see you in the next