Fans attending the highly anticipated Indiana Pacers home playoff game were treated to a surprise appearance from basketball sensation Caitlin Clark.
Clark is the first player selected in the 2024 WNBA Draft and is scheduled to play a regular season game in the same arena as the Pacers next month. Clark received a standing ovation when he was introduced to the crowd and even threw some T-shirts to fans.
Before the start of the Pacers’ first postseason game since 2019, Clark stepped on the gas in a replica IndyCar and helped energize the raucous Indiana Pacers crowd.
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Caitlin of the Indiana Fever throws a T-shirt during halftime of Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on April 26, 2024 in Indianapolis. Clerk. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
At one point during Clark’s appearance, a fan asked her to fulfill a rather unusual request: an ultrasound signature.
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The Indiana Fever shared a video of Clark smiling and signing an ultrasound photo.
Clark watched closely as the Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime to take a 2-1 lead in the first round series. Clark didn’t speak. But during an on-court T-shirt toss with her new Fever teammates in the second quarter, Fever guard Erica Wheeler had a word for the crowd.
“Playoffs!” Wheeler said when asked by the team host about his goals for this season. “We want to do this, and we have the pieces. We want to look like this every night.”
Indiana Fever players Aliyah Boston (left) and Caitlin Clark throw T-shirts to fans during a first-half timeout between the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA basketball playoff series (April 2024) Friday the 26th) in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana hasn’t made the WNBA playoffs since 2016.
“Our goal is definitely to get back to our championship habits,” Clark said shortly after being drafted. “I’m very fortunate to be in an organization that really loves women’s basketball. … We have a lot of young talent on our team, so we just have to do our best to get back to the playoffs and win as many basketball games as possible.” That’s certainly a goal. ”
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Clark, the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer, finished his collegiate career with 3,951 points. The Fever will begin training camp on April 28th and the regular season will begin on May 14th.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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