Caitlin Clark's 2nd triple-double propels Fever to fifth straight win - ESPN

Indiana Fever fans roared when Caitlin Clark grabbed a rebound with 10.2 seconds left Wednesday. It provided an even better ending to the team's fifth victory in a row: Clark got her second triple-double of the WNBA season.

In the closing seconds of the 93-86 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, she snared her 10th rebound to go along with 10 assists and 24 points. Clark notched the first triple-double ever by a WNBA rookie (19 points, 13 assists, 12 rebounds) on July 6 in a victory over the New York Liberty. She is the fifth WNBA player to have multiple triple-doubles in a season.

Clark had 17 triple-doubles in her Iowa college career, and the Hawkeyes won all those games. Also on Wednesday, Clark made four 3-pointers, putting her at 102 for the season. She is the quickest to reach 100 3-pointers in WNBA history, doing so in her 34th game.

Earlier in the day, Clark was named WNBA Rookie of the Month and Eastern Conference Player of the Month for August. She smiled Wednesday on the court when she got the last rebound, acknowledging afterward she knew about the triple-double because of the scoreboard. Her teammates and the crowd of 16,645 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse knew right away too.

«Every game she gets a little better,» said Indiana's Christie Sides, who was named WNBA Coach of the Month on Wednesday. «Every game she gets a little bit [more] understanding of the speed and the quickness. I love the conversations with her about the game. She's playing really well… she had some amazing assists tonight.»

The Fever earned their first playoff berth since 2016 on Tuesday, thanks to losses by the Atlanta Dream and the Chicago Sky. So, Indiana started a six-game homestand Wednesday with a lot of energy in the arena. The last-place