You know, the thing where she plays basketball and the WNBA suddenly posts a television number that was literally impossible in the 15 years before she entered the league.Clark and the Indiana Fever faced Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream on Sunday, and the game averaged 2.6 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched WNBA game in cable television history.CAITLIN CLARK AND ANGEL REESE RIVALRY GETS A NEW CHAPTER IN FEVER-DREAM OVERTIME THRILLERNot just a regular-season game.Not just an ESPN game.Any WNBA game ever on cable, regular season or playoffs.Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever set another TV viewership record for the WNBA.
(NBAE via Getty Images)The audience peaked at a whopping 4 million viewers as the game went down to the wire and eventually reached overtime.The average audience was up 178% compared to ESPN's WNBA regular-season average last year.Yeah, that's a pretty big number.Of course, it probably didn't hurt that the game featured Clark and Reese.The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.Since then, Clark-Reese matchups have consistently brought eyeballs to women's basketball, first in college and then in the WNBA.ANGEL REESE AND CAITLIN CLARK EXCHANGE WORDS IN SECOND DREAM-FEVER MEETING IN THREE DAYSPlus, unlike some of their previous WNBA matchups, Sunday's game actually lived up to the hype.Indiana erased an eight-point second-half deficit and forced overtime before defeating Atlanta, 95-91.
Clark led the Fever with 26 points and nine assists, while Reese posted 15 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Dream.Clark hit two clutch free throws to secure the win, while Reese shot just 5 of 16 from the field and turned the ball over four times.Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese took center stage and the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream helped ESPN deliver ...