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Friday night in the WNBA delivered exactly what the billing promised. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers each dropped twenty-nine points in what was a genuine back-and-forth showcase, but it was Indiana walking away with the ninety-eight to eighty-seven win over a shorthanded Dallas Wings squad. Clark's Fever are sending a message.
Shifting to Houston, where Christian Walker turned a potential Astros collapse into a celebration. Seattle had clawed back to tie it with a three-run rally in the tenth, but Walker answered with a three-run walk-off home run to seal the win. That is the kind of moment that swings a season, and Walker delivered it when it mattered most.
And over in Charlotte, rookie Kon Knueppel isn't waiting around to see how the rebuild shakes out. The Hornets are clearly in transition mode heading into the two thousand twenty-six to twenty-seven season, but Knueppel has already gone on record saying the playoffs are the target. Bold talk for a young player on a young team, but that kind of confidence is exactly what a franchise in rebuild mode needs.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
