{"id":4248,"date":"2025-04-30T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/4248\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T00:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:57:11","slug":"caitlin-clark-turns-heads-with-appearance-at-nba-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/4248\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Turns Heads With Appearance at NBA Playoff Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA&#8217;s Indiana Pacers travelled back home on Tuesday for Game 5 after a decisive 129\u2013103 victory in Milwaukee on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Now up 3-1 in the series against the Bucks, Indiana looks to close things out at home.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, the real news coming out of Gainbridge Fieldhouse wasn&#8217;t anything happening on the court, but rather who was in attendance, none other than Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Off the court, Clark\u2019s resume already includes NCAA Division I\u2019s all-time scoring record (3,951 points) for both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s categories and WNBA Rookie of the Year honors after leading all rookies in scoring (769 points) and assists (337).<\/p>\n<p>The NBA immediately took notice, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBATV\/status\/1917349028641067047\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:showing Clark up on the big screen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">showing Clark up on the big screen<\/a> sitting next to Fever teammate Lexie Hull and boyfriend Connor McCaffery.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to point out that Clark, Hull and McCaffery all opted to not wear the free gold Pacers playoff T-shirt handed out during the game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/scottagness\/status\/1917348422358610027?s=46&amp;t=kE7PjZinaBdv383bI4yeNQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a separate post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a separate post<\/a> made by Indiana beat reporter, Scott Agness, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaylam796\/status\/1917351027503726609\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one user said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one user said<\/a>, &#8220;Gotta tell them to put their shirts on!! Lol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottAgness\/status\/1917351277773701345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Agness replied;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Agness replied<\/a>, &#8220;No, who cares. If you got a ticket to the game, wear what you want. &#8212; That&#8217;s my belief, anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lyokangirl\/status\/1917352005720269254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:another fan said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">another fan said<\/a>, &#8220;Put the shirt on! \ud83d\ude02,&#8221; while one other was strictly focused on the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clark22fan\/status\/1917348807500784013\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:remarking;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">remarking<\/a>, &#8220;Pacers better step their game up because it ain&#8217;t looking good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kloeforever_\/status\/1917350801954984402\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Commenting on the original post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Commenting on the original post<\/a> was another fan who was quick to point out who was sitting beside her, &#8220;And Lexie Hull!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/onlyone_bob\/status\/1917349413418070055\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Another user said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Another user said<\/a>, &#8220;She here to support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22).Grace Smith&amp;sol;IndyStar &amp;sol; USA TODAY NETWORK\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97f0c31056f7d7fa5ffb947b686b0266.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22).Grace Smith&amp;sol;IndyStar &amp;sol; USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Fever themselves matched their best win total since 2015 at 20-20, snapping a seven-year playoff drought before a first-round exit to Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>As the Pacers look to finish off the Bucks, the Fever prepare for Year 2 with Clark as their face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/former-iowa-star-gabbie-marshall-230610097.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Former Iowa Star Gabbie Marshall Upset About New Caitlin Clark Announcement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Former Iowa Star Gabbie Marshall Upset About New Caitlin Clark Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/hailey-van-lith-makes-big-014031386.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Hailey Van Lith Makes Big Chicago Sky Decision After WNBA Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Hailey Van Lith Makes Big Chicago Sky Decision After WNBA Draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA&#8217;s Indiana Pacers travelled back home on Tuesday for Game 5 after a decisive 129\u2013103 victory in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,455,2340,2621,113,459,126,2622,102,6,11,361],"class_list":{"0":"post-4248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-caitlin-clark","10":"tag-connecticut","11":"tag-connor-mccaffery","12":"tag-indiana","13":"tag-indiana-fever","14":"tag-indiana-pacers","15":"tag-lexie-hull","16":"tag-milwaukee","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nba-playoffs","19":"tag-the-bucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114424200826338637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}