New Delhi, July 18 -- INDIANAPOLIS - Eight points was the gap with eight minutes remaining. Seattle had spent the third quarter dismantling what Indiana built in the first two, and when the Storm led 97-89 midway through the fourth at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the home team faced a problem its best player proceeded to solve personally.

Caitlin Clark scored 16 of Indiana's next 19 points. The Fever won 110-107. Clark finished with 45 points, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks in 29 minutes of play, becoming the first player in WNBA history to post 40 points and 10 assists in a single game.

The record appeared in the league's box scores without precedent. No player in WNBA history had combined 40 points and 10 assists in the same contest - n...