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Fans criticize Caitlin Clark's shooting woes as A'ja Wilson and the Aces beat the Fever | News, scores, highlights, stats and rumors

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Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever fell to the two-time reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, losing 86-75 at home on Wednesday.

Aces star A'ja Wilson has been a model of consistency all year and has already won her third MVP award, recording her fourth double-double (27 points and 12 rebounds) in five games.

Alysha Clark and Tiffany Hayes played important roles as substitutes for Vegas, combining for 26 points.

Kelsey Mitchell was the Fever’s top scorer with 24 points.

Clark, who has turned around in the second half of the season, has returned to her old form, scoring 16 points but was inefficient, shooting 6 of 22 from the field and sinking just one of her 10 three-point attempts.

Criticism of the 2024 No. 1 overall pick has largely subsided thanks to her improvement on the court. Tonight, the reaction on social media was quite unforgiving.

Rich @5hReich

Caitlin Clark had a terrible game. She has to get better, and I say that as a fan. If the 3 doesn't fall, you have to find other ways to score and, above all, be efficient #Fever

AD grant @ADGrant23

Caitlin Clark is having a rare bad day tonight. I think her legs are tired after playing 45 minutes of overtime last game.

death black forest @Subscribe

Caitlin Clark makes some STUPID shots, man

xJamberx @JamberxX

1 out of 9 … #Fever It's so different when Caitlin Clark doesn't get many 3s #Fever is rising

Tony East @TonyREast

Caitlin Clark is playing nervously at the moment. Not her best night and the Aces are leading by 8. Fever are still in it and have managed this comeback several times this season, but they need to focus for the last 5:22.

SportyFella @FellaSporty

This is the worst Caitlin Clark game I've seen in a long time. The physicality absolutely destroyed her today. Shot selection, using the weak hand a little too aggressively. This is playoff physicality. Glad she gets a reminder of that so she's ready when it really counts.

Miss Obae @miss_obes

There were people telling me that Caitlin Clark deserved the MVP over A'ja. You guys are a joke. #LVAces

Dalton Hill @DaltonHill_4

Clark can't shoot 1/10 from the three-point line, and Clark and Boston can't combine for 9/32 and still expect to win.
Aces can manage a game when A'ja is shooting 11/30 and still win if their opponent is shooting just as poorly.
The good news for the Fever is that this was the worst game they played in the second half.

Nothingburger @Nothingburger12

Fever got outplayed by a team that is a one woman show, our defense continues to look bad, we were outplayed and it looked like it was all or nothing when she didn't get it done tonight. Why wasn't the offense run through Kelsey? We can't adjust mid-game, shake my head. That was bad tonight, shake my head

Las Vegas showed off its defensive strength, holding Indiana to 39.7 percent shooting from the field and forcing 14 turnovers. It was an impressive performance against one of the league's best offenses.

The Fever don't have to wait long for revenge for their defeat. They host the Aces again on Friday evening.

With the regular season quickly coming to a close, Indiana has no time to improve its playoff position after already securing a postseason spot. With four games left, it cannot afford to make a mistake in catching the Seattle Storm and moving into fifth place.

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