PHOENIX — A migraine didn’t stop Caitlin Clark from a near triple-double. A migraine never has stopped her.

Clark suffers from migraines regularly, according to an ESPN piece published in March. One of her more notable migraines in her college career came during Iowa’s loss to Ohio State — the same game she collided with a fan postgame.

Following that game, in which she scored 45 points, she was throwing up before the buses left.

This time around, in the Phoenix heat, a migraine prevented her from talking postgame. Still, she had 15 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds in Indiana’s 88-82 win — the Fever’s first over a .500 team this season.

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“She didn't feel well throughout the entire game, so she's with our trainer right now,” head coach Christie Sides said.

She was just two rebounds from a triple-double by the end of the third quarter, with 12 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds.

She added three points, two assists, and one rebound in the fourth, but finished just shy of the WNBA’s first rookie triple-double.

With 12 assists, she had a hand in 44 of the Fever’s 88 points.

“I didn't know that until after the game,” Sides said of Clark’s near triple-double. “I mean, my gosh, she ended up with 12 assists. She's just, she's just a willing, incredible passer. She just finds the plays that need to happen, she understands when the ball needs to get into the paint. Then, these guys started doubling us down there, which opened up our outside, and we just had some shooters out there ready to knock shots down.”

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Clark played 39 minutes and 27 seconds, only coming out of the game in the final minute. She subbed out for the Fever’s defensive possessions, as Sides went with Kristy Wallace, Katie Lou Samuelson, Kelsey Mitchell, Aliyah Boston, and Erica Wheeler.

She subbed back in during a timeout to take the ball down the floor and draw a foul, where she drained both free throws. With 19 seconds left, she subbed out for the final time to watch her teammates close out the victory.

“I just thought we needed a defensive group,” Sides said. “We needed to make sure we got stops and that was what that was about.”

Sunday’s game was also Clark’s first time playing against Mercury great Diana Taurasi, one of her idols. Taurasi joined the league in 2004, when Clark was just 2 years old. Clark grew up watching her and emulating her. Twenty years later, the two played each other. Taurasi finished with 19 points.

“What Caitlin’s been able to do in her short career so far has just been nothing short of remarkable,” Taurasi said. “The one thing I really love about her is that she loves the game. You can tell she’s put the work in … she keeps showing up and keeps getting better every single game, and you can tell her future is super bright.”

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