“Really Like Guarding Steph”: Fans Sing Praises as Caitlin Clark’s ‘Fear’ Takes Over Cameron Brink’s Teammate

Caitlin Clark had a great game despite the loss. However, apart from a career-high 30 points, the Fever rookie was able to do one more thing, that is get her fear into the heads of her opponents. Apparently, Cameron Brink’s teammate Aari McDonald has been a great support to the Sparks so far was on guard duty. But following a technical foul by the No. 22 of Indiana and a loose ball foul by Lexie Hull, McDonald only made one free throw, forgetting about another. Consequently, fans cannot help but applaud the rookie for creating such an image.

The official X account of Complex Sports posted a video of Aari McDonald taking her first free throw in the first quarter. They captioned the post, “Aari McDonald was so worried about picking up Caitlin Clark full court that she forgot about her second free throw.”

Anyhow, the veteran combined with Kia Nurse and produced a commanding second half. The 2024 WNBL scoring champion was able to register a season-high 21 points and four assists and lead the visitors to a gritty win.

After the contest ended, Clark reflected on the incident in the post-game media address. She went on and said, “She was just trying to pick me up. I don’t think she realized that she got another free throw. It was the technical free throw, I saw that.” Clark further clarified that McDonald didn’t utter anything to her and that she is a kind person.

Still, the moment was able to evoke a lot of reactions from the fans on social media.

Caitlin Clark provides a fun moment for the fans

One fan straight went to Caitlin Clark’s nickname for being the female Stephen Curry. Surely, everyone knows how lethal the Golden State Warriors hooper can be from beyond the arc. Hence, the follower said that the 2x Naismith Player of the Year is already getting the treatment that Curry gets. “Damn that’s really like guarding Steph”

Another basketball follower went hysterical as they pointed out the other ways that the “Caitlin Clark effect” can work. They suggested that Clark has the teammates forgetting about tasks at hand just because they have to guard her later. “The Caitlin Clark Effect. She got the other teams tripping out”

Caitlin Clark is scoring an average of 17.25 points while grabbing 5.3 rebounds per contest. Still, she is at the receiving end of some heavy criticism by the trollers. One X user pointed that out and commented, “AND THEY WANT ME TO SAY HER 18 PPG IS BAD WHEN SHE’S GETTING THIS ATTENTION.” 

Caitlin Clark has been extremely difficult to guard. This has been evident with the scoring records she has set as a pro, leading the team in the aspect. One fan clarified further how she is occupying the mind of her opponents. One comment was, ” @CaitlinClark22 living rent-free in 75% of the @wnba athlete’s minds and darn near everyone else with a television.”

Meanwhile, one basketball follower understood the confusion. So, he clarified the situation with his comment. The comment read, “She had already taken 2 free throws because Caitlin got a tech. Aari shot the tech first, then did this after taking her 2nd free-throw.”

The moment Caitlin Clark stepped foot inside the WNBA, she was the most talked about rookie. Everything from her massive deal with Nike to her making fresh records as a pro, hardly a discussion is left without her name in it. This continues to escalate further with each passing day.