We were fortunate enough to get tickets when they went on sale, so "only" paid the original price.
A "Brazilian" points--LOL--good one!, but it was still a very enjoyable experience to feel the enthusiasm of the crowd for what may well be the final CHA "Clark Effect live experience. Truly mind boggling to see so many Fever shirts, most with "22". A lot of "CLARK FEVER" shirts and jerseys, which also is very clever. Add in the Iowa 22 shirts and jerseys, and it was somewhere around half the crowd sporting "22".
A CC 3 to start the scoring and a 30-something footer from near the "22 Clark" spot on the floor as her last shot was a perfect way for her to start & end her day. She rode an exercise bike while she wasn't in the game, but didn't otherwise appear affected by the leg injury.
Getting a sense of how well Bonner, Howard, Cunningham, Colson and the other off-season veteran additions are going to blend with Mitchell, Boston and Clark was the best part, since the game was non-competitive from very early on.
Fun to have the '24 - '25 women's team introduced as a group during a timeout. And Coach Jensen got to talk for a bit, including pointing our Coach Bluder in the crowd. Gabby Marshall and another former player or two were courtside, and Clark went over to them right after the game. Surrounded by security people.
Very encouraging to see virtually all the team crowd around Clark when she was being interviewed after the game. There was some online stuff during their off season about one of the new veterans being disliked by Fever fans for her alleged negative comments about Clark, but like so much else you see online, there certainly didn't appear to be anything other than team unity. Anyway. . .
Don't know enough about how well the Liberty, Vegas and MN reloaded for the title chase, but the Fever sure looked the part of contenders Sunday.
All in all, a very enjoyable afternoon in CHA for a sold out crowd to see an exhibition game! Once Clark took a seat for good, there were a few fans who left, but given the blowout score, it was impressive how everyone else stayed for the whole game, and even afterwards to watch the interactions on court.
The Clark Effect rolls on in WNBA season #2.