LeBron James praises Caitlin Clark after 30-point double-double performance

There’s no limit to Caitlin Clark‘s popularity. After the Indiana Fever star led her team to a 100-81 win over the Chicago Sky on Friday, LeBron James celebrated Clark in a post on X.

“CAITLIN CLARK!!!!! HI HATERS,” James wrote.

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Clark silence any haters watching on Friday night. The former Iowa standout exploded for 31 points, 12 assists and four rebounds while shooting 8-14 (57.1%) from the field and 5-9 (55.6%) from beyond the arc.

Clark has now recorded 20-plus points and 10-plus assists in five separate games, the most in a single season in WNBA history. After Clark subbed out of the game in the fourth quarter, she received a standing ovation in the Chicago Sky’s home arena.

Clark and the Fever are now 3-1 against Angel Reese and the Sky this season. On Friday, Reese recorded 10 points and 11 rebounds while shooting 4-9 from the floor. The win was a statement from Clark, who is competing against Reese in the WNBA Rookie of the Year race.

Rebecca Lobo raves about Caitlin Clark

The Indiana Fever are 5-1 since the WNBA All-Star break. Clark has been a standout for the team and ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo only expects the rookie’s dominance to continue.

“We’re going to finally have a chance to see what a rested Caitlin Clark looks like as a pro. You think about her schedule over the course of the past couple of months – plays for a national championship. A week later gets drafted. A week after that she’s playing in a training camp,” Lobo said.

“This is for an Indiana team that had a historically tough travel schedule to start the season. So, I’m really eager to see what a rested Caitlin Clark looks like.”

Lobo is excited to see what else Clark is capable of with a slightly less strenuous schedule.

“If we could get the version of Caitlin Clark that we saw in the last nine games of the first half of the season – seven of those nine games she had double-digit assists,” Lobo said. “There was a real comfort level to her, a pace of the game that she just never looked like she was sped up.

“It looked like she finally had a really good chemistry with her team… They learned how to finish inside and as a result, right now she’s leading the league at a little over 8 assists per game.”