The Indiana Fever ended their regular season in disappointing fashion on Thursday night with a loss against the Minnesota Lynx.
The Fever beat the Lynx earlier this week, but the usually high-scoring side managed only 66 points in their final game.
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Now, when speaking to the media after the game, Caitlin Clark has been asked if the team will throw that uncharacteristic loss away or if there is more to be learned from it.
Caitlin Clark says ‘shouldn’t be on this team’ if ‘you can’t get up for the playoffs’
In response, Clark bemoaned her side’s display on the night before adding that she is excited for the playoffs and that, ‘If you can’t get up for the playoffs, you probably shouldn’t be on this team’.
She said: “At this point, everybody’s record is 0-0, we’re going into the playoffs.
“Like, if we sit and sulk about what happened tonight, yeah, it s****; it is what it is, you know, kind of came out and got punched in the mouth. We didn’t make shots, obviously.
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“Had two players go down, this was a pretty c***** night overall. I think for us, you gotta do it for the people around you, you gotta buy-in.
“I’m excited. If you can’t get up for the playoffs, you probably shouldn’t be on this team, and, you know, I think that’s the great thing about, you look at one through eight in this league right now, it’s anybody’s to take.
“And for us, we have to have the mentality going into the playoffs of, let’s go steal the first one. One game at a time, and we’ve three days to prep and get ready, and I think just turn our focus to that.”
After losing on Thursday, the Fever dropped down to sixth in the table, preventing a matchup with the Atlanta Dream in the first round.
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Instead, they will play their first game of the 2026 playoffs against the Las Vegas Aces this Sunday at a time that has not yet been confirmed.
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