Caitlin Clark posts 21 points, 10 assists

Caitlin Clark’s latest box score did two jobs at once. The Indiana Fever guard finished with 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in an 89-78 home win over the Seattle Storm on Sunday, May 17, according to NBC Sports and game reports. Hours earlier, a WNBA stat correction from Indiana’s previous game against Washington had already moved Clark into the league record book for career games with at least 20 points and 10 assists. The sequence turned one weekend into two separate milestones. ESPN reported that two assists were added to Clark’s total from Friday’s game against the Mystics, changing her line from eight assists to 10 and giving her 11 career 20-point, 10-assist games. Clark then posted another 20-and-10 game against Seattle, extending the record the same night it was confirmed. (nbcsports.com) ### How did the record change after the Washington game? Friday’s stat correction was the trigger. ESPN and IndyStar reported that the WNBA reviewed Indiana’s game against the Washington Mystics and credited Clark with two additional assists, lifting that total to 10. That revision turned the performance into another 20-point, 10-assist game and pushed her past Courtney Vandersloot on the all-time list. (msn.com) The record came quickly by league standards. NBC’s local affiliates reported Clark reached the mark in her 57th career game, a pace that made her the fastest player in WNBA history to record multiple 20-point, 10-assist games and, by Sunday, the outright leader in total such games. ### What did Clark do against Seattle? (msn.com) Seattle saw the updated record become a larger total. NBC Sports said Clark scored 21 points, handed out 10 assists and grabbed seven rebounds as Indiana beat the Storm 89-78 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The win gave the Fever their first home victory of the season and moved them to 2-2. (nbcnewyork.com) Indiana got scoring help around her. NBC Sports reported Kelsey Mitchell scored 17 points and Sophie Cunningham added 17 off the bench. The same report said the Fever played without Aliyah Boston, who was sidelined by a lower-leg injury. ### Why did the stat correction draw so much attention? (nbcsports.com) The number involved was narrow, but the effect was not. Clark entered the season tied with Vandersloot in career games of at least 20 points and 10 assists, according to ESPN and Yahoo Sports’ aggregation of the record change. The added assists from Washington moved Clark alone into first before she increased the total again against Seattle. (nbcsports.com) USA Today said the correction came from the Mystics game and underscored how closely Clark’s playmaking is being tracked this season. The update also changed the framing of the Seattle game from a strong early-season outing to a record-extending performance. ### What comes next for Indiana? (msn.com) Indiana left the weekend at 2-2 after the Seattle win, with Clark producing back-to-back games that fed into the same record chase. NBC Sports and local NBC reports listed the Storm result as Indiana’s first home win and Clark’s latest 20-point, 10-assist performance. (usatoday.com) The next Fever game will determine how long the early run lasts, but the immediate benchmark is already fixed: Clark needed 57 career games to reach 11 performances with at least 20 points and 10 assists, and the official record was updated only after the league’s review of Friday’s box score. (msn.com) (nbcsports.com)