After injury, Caitlin Clark exploded with unexpected form. Caitlin Clark double-double leads balanced attack as Fever clip Wings, Paige Bueckers

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever delivered a statement win on Sunday afternoon, dismantling the Dallas Wings 102-83 in front of an electric crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Balanced scoring was the name of the game for the Fever, with five players notching double figures: Kelsey Mitchell led the charge with 20 points, followed by Natasha Howard (18), Aliyah Boston (17), Caitlin Clark (14), and Sophie Cunningham (12). Clark, the sensational rookie, dazzled with a double-double, dishing out 13 assists in just 24 minutes and adding five steals for good measure.

The Fever, now sitting at 11-10, will ride this momentum into a challenging East Coast back-to-back, facing the Connecticut Sun in Boston on Tuesday before heading to Brooklyn to take on the Liberty on Wednesday.

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Clark Finds Her Rhythm Again

Caitlin Clark wasted no time announcing her return to form. Less than a minute into the contest, she calmly drained a deep three, igniting the home crowd and perhaps exorcising the demons of a recent cold stretch from beyond the arc. Clark had struggled with her shot in the previous five games, connecting on just 4-of-35 three-point attempts while battling a nagging left groin injury.

But Sunday was different. Clark played with a renewed freedom and confidence, orchestrating the Fever offense with her trademark vision and creativity. Her passes threaded through tight spaces, finding open teammates and racking up assist after assist. On defense, she was a menace, highlighted by a chase-down block on Dallas rookie JJ Quinerly that she immediately turned into a full-court dime for a Cunningham layup.

Clark’s all-around performance—scoring, passing, defending—may have been her most complete game of the season.

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Fever Ignite in Record-Breaking First Half

The opening quarter was a back-and-forth affair, with both teams trading baskets and little defense on display. But with the score close, Indiana flipped the switch. The Fever exploded on a 27-12 run to close the half, outscoring Dallas 36-15 in the second quarter alone. Their 64 first-half points not only set a new franchise record but also marked the highest-scoring half by any team in the league this season.

Indiana never looked back, maintaining a comfortable 20-point cushion throughout the second half. The 102 points matched their season high, previously set against New York on June 14.

With Clark rediscovering her magic and the Fever firing on all cylinders, Indiana fans have plenty of reasons to be excited as the team heads into a pivotal stretch of the season.