Caitlin Clark gives surprising answer when asked about 'signature moment' from rookie season

Caitlin Clark had an unthinkable rookie play with the Indiana Fever.

She broke single-season rookie records successful respective categories, she made playoff past against the Connecticut Sun and acceptable a single-game grounds for astir assists successful the mediate of the year. She earned an All-Star enactment and helped get the Fever backmost to the postseason. Not to mention, millions of fans tuned successful to ticker her games connected tv oregon astatine the arena.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, possesses the shot during the archetypal fractional against the Connecticut Sun during crippled 2 of the archetypal circular of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Connecticut, connected Sept. 25, 2024. (Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images)

When asked connected "60 Minutes" what she thought her "signature moment" of the play was, she gave a astonishing answer.

"I retrieve we were successful New York and Jonquel Jones acceptable a bully surface connected maine and I really popped my eardrum," Clark recalled. "I ruptured my eardrum conscionable connected a screen, It was a truly bully surface by J.J. She’s a tremendous player, but I deliberation that conscionable benignant of speaks to the physicality of the league. She benignant of conscionable got maine successful the close spot.

"I deliberation it’s thing I’ll ever retrieve coming into the league. … That’s astir apt much memorable honestly."

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, warms up earlier crippled 1 of the archetypal circular of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Connecticut, connected Sept. 22, 2024. (Mark Smith-Imagn Images)

It was 1 of the archetypal games of the play for Clark, and the hard surface was touted arsenic her "Welcome to the WNBA" moment.

The infinitesimal occurred connected June 2 against the Liberty. Clark had 1 of her worst games of the play arsenic she was 1-for-10 from the tract and scored lone 3 points. Indiana mislaid by 36. She would lone people less than 10 points 2 much times during the season.

Clark and the Fever truly turned it connected aft the Olympic interruption was over. The Fever won 9 of their last 14 games and were the sixth effect successful the playoffs.

Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, looks connected during the crippled against the Connecticut Sun connected Aug. 28, 2024 astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)

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However, the Fever was swept by the Sun past week.

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