Clark drills go-ahead three at the buzzer to lift Fever past Mystics
Clark drills go-ahead three at the buzzer to lift Fever past Mystics
Caitlin Clark caught a long inbound pass and converted a 31-foot three-pointer in the final seconds to give the Indiana Fever a 78-76 victory over the Washington Mystics at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2026. The shot erased a one-point Mystics lead and lifted Indiana to 6-5 on the 2026 WNBA season.
The winning basket capped a chaotic fourth quarter in which the lead changed hands multiple times. Washington had taken a 76-75 advantage after a late foul, only for Sophie Cunningham to find Clark on a cross-court inbound pass. Clark caught and released without hesitation, and the shot found the net to seal the result. Earlier in the sequence, Clark had drawn contact in the lane and earned two free throws to reclaim the lead - missing both - before an assist on a half-court pass to Aliyah Boston kept Indiana in front at 75-74.
Clark finished with 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting, including 4-of-10 from three-point range, with five assists and a steal. The performance marked a partial return to form after a difficult stretch in which she had converted just 14 of 50 field-goal attempts and 6 of 22 three-point attempts across Indiana's most recent games prior to Monday. Her season has been defined by inconsistency following a return from an injury that kept her sidelined for most of the 2025 campaign: she scored 20 or more points in each of her first five games before failing to reach that threshold in four consecutive outings. A six-point output in a loss to the Portland Fire on May 30 represented her lowest scoring total of the season. She had also contributed 10 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in a defeat to the New York Liberty on the preceding Saturday, though that came on 28.6 percent shooting from the field.
Despite the shooting inconsistency, Clark recorded a four-point play in the third quarter on June 8, converting a 25-foot jump shot while drawing a foul from Cassandre Prosper - the contact ruled non-flagrant - and completing the free throw. With Indiana now at 6-5, the Fever return to action Thursday against the Chicago Sky.
