“Being on the magnitude it is…is kind of hard to imagine.” That’s how Caitlin Clark put it and you could feel the emotion in every word. At just 23, she’s living a dream she’s carried in her heart since she was a little girl, scribbling big dreams in her slam books before she even knew how to spell “crossover.” Pro ball was always the goal. But this? This overwhelming love, this support, this once-in-a-generation energy – she never saw it coming. And now, it’s bigger than anything she imagined. It’s no longer just a career. It’s a revolution with her name on the jersey and the whole world is watching this go from Iowa to Indiana and now all the way across oceans.

You know, what feels like the norm to today’s kids – this booming excitement around women’s hoops – wasn’t always the case. Ask Stephanie Thomas, who made it clear, “I’ve explained to her [her daughter] that I grew up playing college basketball and it was never like this.” And then she said the thing that hit home. “Caitlin Clark has delivered something to women’s sports that I don’t think anybody else could deliver, and I think she’s got a lot of women excited to see the future of their athlete daughters.”

This moment was long overdue and now that it is here, vets and newbies alike have just one goal: to keep it rolling. People said that the energy around the Indiana Fever’s first game of the season in May felt like the Finals. And that was just game one of a 44-game season. With every game, the cheers are only getting louder.

On top of that, now, it’s not limited to the US. In the recent Fever vs Liberty game, five fans flew all the way from Hong Kong – that’s 7,946 miles – to see Clark play live in Indiana. A 22-hour journey just for one night of hoops. During the postgame press conference, a journalist broke the news to Clark: she had a fanbase in Hong Kong, and five of them were right there in the crowd.

Clark’s reaction was too sweet. “I wish I could have met them,” she said. The Fever even posted the clip to their official X account. “If you know them, tell them, ‘thank you for coming.’ That’s incredible,” she told the journalist. “Tell them I say hello and thanks for coming as well.” Let’s just take that in for a second. There was a time not long ago when WNBA players had to go overseas just to make a decent paycheck. And now, people are hopping continents to see them. It’s a full-circle moment that screams growth.

While the league has never been about just one player, one player can shift the culture. Even when CC wasn’t on the court for three weeks, the dip in ticket prices and broadcast buzz told the story loud and clear. But the best part has to be that Clark has stayed grounded through it all. She’s grateful, she’s locked in, and now she’s even talking about giving back.

“Maybe we’ll head to HK after the season,” she teased. “I certainly hope to go to Hong Kong one day,” Clark replied with a smile. “That’s incredible to see the type of reach that we can have and how much people love basketball across the globe.” We already know all Clark did in her first pro offseason was resting, doing what she loves, and getting in that grind. So who knows, maybe a little detour to Hong Kong is in the cards.

For now though, the fans’ visit was worth every second as Clark returned from her quad injury, lit it up, and clinched a comeback win. If those fans needed a sign that their 22-hour flight was the right call, they got one.

Caitlin Clark drops back-to-back 3s in jaw-dropping return as Fever stun Liberty

After sitting out the last five games with a quad strain, Caitlin Clark made her return to the court on Saturday night against none other than the defending WNBA champs. And let’s just say…she made up for lost time. Clark played 31 minutes in Indiana’s massive 102-88 win and delivered one of her best performances yet. 

She filled up the stat sheet with 32 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal. That alone sounds impressive, but she also went 11-of-20 from the field, drained seven 3-pointers on 14 attempts, and casually made 3-of-5 from the free-throw line. But it wasn’t just about numbers, it was about how she did it. 

With just under two minutes left in the first quarter, Clark launched a 33-foot bomb that hit nothing but net. Then came another. And another. In just 38 seconds, she lit up Gainbridge Fieldhouse with three absurdly deep threes – one from 27 feet, the next from 31, and then a ridiculous 34-footer. A total of 199 feet worth of made threes. Those shots were the game-changers.

After a tight start, Indiana pulled away by winning the last three quarters, outscoring the Liberty 49-38 in the second half. Clark wasn’t the only one cooking. Kelsey Mitchell dropped 22 points, Lexie Hull added 14, Aliyah Boston had a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards, and Sydney Colson gave them a solid 10 points and 6 assists off the bench. With the win, Indiana moved to 5-5 on the season, sitting third in the East, just two games behind the Atlanta Dream and four behind New York.

Up next, the Fever stay home to take on the Connecticut Sun on June 17 at 7 p.m. ET.