After the Indiana fever and New York Liberty had traded 14 main changes, Jonquel Jones led the Liberty back from a 12-point backlog of the fourth quarter to beat the gastnerkoorts 90-88.
With the game bound on 88-88 and 10.1 seconds over, Indiana (2-2) found star Caitlin Clark Dewanna Bonner under the basket, but Natasha Cloud rejected the attempt. The fever took the rebound, but Kelsey Mitchell failed a sweater and the Liberty (3-0) cut the rebound. Sabrina Ionescu attacked the basket, pulled an error on Lexie Hull and converted two free throws with 2.9 seconds.
Clark had the last shot, but Cloud came again to the defense when she discovered the ball from the Indiana star.
Jones scored 26 points 26 points in the fourth quarter, including eight out of a 12-2 New York Run, to give the Liberty a perfect start to the season. New York contained four players who scored in double digits, with 23 points from Ionescu and 16 points and eight rebounds for Breanna Stewart.
The fever had erased a 15-point lead in New York in the third quarter and with 2:16 left, Clark drove to the basket to hit a game-typing layup. They were two of the 18 points of the guard, who also added 10 assists.
For Clark, after he did not have any match in her Rookie season 2024 without a shot with three points, the second-year guard turned a drought from deep shooting to 13 consecutive misses, a point that dates from the fourth quarter of Indiana’s loss for the Atlanta dream on Tuesday, May 20.
Clark’s Streak ended in a large way in the third quarter when the guard hit a step back three -point shot, plus a free throw after she was polluted while shooting. Then Clark made a buzzer who hit three to end the third, which Indiana gave a lead of 76-68.
Aliyah Boston led the fever with 27 points and 13 rebounds.
In the second quarter, Leonie Fiebich collided in New York with the Lexie Hull of Indiana and went to the couch with a left shin injury. The German international missed the rest of the game after starting the last two games for the Liberty.
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