Even with her WNBA season over, Caitlin Clark continues to set records, as her entrance into professional basketball has skyrocket interest in the product to unchartered territory.
The Fever exited the postseason on Wednesday night with a loss to the Connecticut Sun.
Game 2 of their WNBA quarterfinal matchup was the most-watched game in league history on cable, averaging 2.5milliom viewers.
The Sun’s win over the Fever peaked at 3.4million viewers and helped the second-half of their playoff doubleheader between the Mercury and Lynx average 1.2million viewers.
The same viewing slot for the WNBA raised viewership 507 percent from last year’s figures.
Clark and the Indiana Fever participated in the most-watched cable game in WNBA history
Clark played in the most-viewed cable telecast of the day for everyone and males under the age of 50.
The latter game of Phoenix-Minnesota was the third most-watched WNBA playoff game ever on ESPN.
The first round games overall have averaged 1.1million viewers, the most-watched postseason in WNBA history.
In the season-ending loss to the Sun, Clark scored 25 points, adding nine assists and six rebounds. She’s the first rookie to have pulled off a 25-5-5 game in the postseason.
The WNBA Rookie of the Year being at the forefront of the Fever’s revival led her to achieving several more astonishing feats during the regular season as well.
Clark was the first rookie to record a triple-double, set the overall WNBA record for most assists in a season, and set the league record for most 3-pointers made my a rookie.
Clark was also the fastest player in the WNBA to reach the 500-point and 200-assist plateaus.