Caitlin Clark missed her fifth straight game and Sophie Cunningham also sat with injury and the Fever lost 77-58 to the Dream on Tuesday.

Caitlin Clark says that she always dreamed of playing in the WNBA, and dreamed of playing in front of big crowds, but the seismic transformation she has inspired in women’s basketball has still taken her by surprise.

They got down a little bit in the first quarter, struggling against Atlanta’s physicality at times, but always found a way to charge back into contention. Fever guard Aari McDonald was able to find a lane and get shots off, scoring nine points in 12 minutes off the bench in the first half.