Furious Caitlin Clark slams her water bottle on the floor after turnover that 'killed' her Indiana Fever

Caitlin Clark didn't disguise her frustrations during aliases aft Wednesday's nonaccomplishment to nan last-place Dallas Wings.

She whitethorn person group a WNBA grounds pinch 19 assists successful nan game, but successful Clark's mind, she made nan correction that dropped her Indiana Fever to 11-15.

'The precocious turnover decidedly kills, for sure,' Clark said of her costly correction successful nan 101-93 loss.

Trailing by 5 pinch 45 seconds remaining and nan Wings utilizing a full-court press, Clark pushed nan shot up court, wherever she ran into a Dallas trap and yet had nan shot poked distant by Odyssey Sims, who quickly called a clip out.

Clark fumed aft nan whistle. After initially slapping nan hardwood successful frustration, she returned to nan bench, wherever she received vessel from a h2o boy and promptly spiked it on nan sideline.

Afterwards she opened astir nan frustrating nonaccomplishment – and her caller record.

'It's a good statement of they were up pressuring me, truthful I benignant of sewage down them and was capable to onslaught and past I tried to propulsion it retired and past benignant of mislaid my grip while being poked from behind,' said Clark, who is now averaging a ghastly 5.6 turnovers a game.

'That 1 decidedly killed. … That one's really costly, you can't person it.'

As for nan assistance record, Clark seemed to stumble connected it by accident. In fact, she's admittedly self-conscious of complete passing successful definite situations.

'I conscionable effort to group my teammates up for success,' Clark said. 'I deliberation astatine times I tin almost overpass.

'There astir apt could person been a fewer times wherever alternatively of passing that leads to a turnover that I whitethorn have, I tin astir apt sprout nan ball. Especially pinch [Aliyah Boston]. I'm conscionable looking to group her up truthful much. My eyes are almost ever connected our station players.'

Clark vanished pinch 24 points connected 10-of-19 shooting. She enters nan All-Star breaking averaging 17.1 points, 8.2 assists and a astonishing 5.8 rebounds a game.

The WNBA will now spell connected a month-long break encompassing nan upcoming Paris Olympics.