{"id":73818,"date":"2025-07-14T04:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=73818"},"modified":"2025-07-14T04:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:38:17","slug":"weve-always-been-friends-caitlin-clark-and-paige-bueckers-share-mutual-respect-after-first-wnba-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/weve-always-been-friends-caitlin-clark-and-paige-bueckers-share-mutual-respect-after-first-wnba-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe&#8217;ve Always Been Friends\u201d &#8211; Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers Share Mutual Respect After First WNBA Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday saw Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers face off for the first time in their professional careers, marking a marquee WNBA matchup. The two were full of praise for each after the match concluded in the favor of the Indiana Fever against the Dallas Wings.<\/p><p>Both Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark had a high impact on the game on Saturday. Though Clark continued to struggle with her shooting, she made up for it through excellent playmaking and link-up sequences. Clark finished with 14 points and dished out 13 assists, proving her value in ways beyond just scoring.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m sorry but this pass is fucking ridiculous!!! The placement?!! INSANE!! Ain&rsquo;t no passer like you Caitlin Clark!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ogyze7Tzav\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/ogyze7Tzav<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Melissa&#127803; (@Msmelissairene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Msmelissairene\/status\/1944454347330662792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>On the Paige Bueckers matchup, Clark said, &ldquo;<em>She&rsquo;s always just been smooth, she takes what the game gives her, her middy has always been as nice as it&rsquo;s been this year. She just plays way older than she is. She&rsquo;s confident. That&rsquo;s just how she&rsquo;s always played. That&rsquo;s obviously translated really well, and everybody knew that it would<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Clark added, &ldquo;<em>We&rsquo;ve always been friends. I wouldn&rsquo;t say that we&rsquo;re best friends and talk all the time. It&rsquo;s hard when you end up going your separate ways and are in different colleges and things like that. I&rsquo;ve always been a fan of hers and always been supportive and watch as much as I can just because I love basketball and I love people that compete and make their team better<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clark, Bueckers Praise Each Other&rsquo;s Game<\/h2><p>Paige Bueckers ended the game against the Indiana Fever on a high, despite her team&rsquo;s consistent struggles. The Wings&rsquo; guard registered 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. She struck 9 of 15 from the field. Bueckers also returned the favor, heaping praise on Caitlin Clark following their high-profile encounter.<\/p><p>Paige Bueckers said, &ldquo;<em>It&rsquo;s fun any time we can compete against each other. We&rsquo;re two competitors who just want to win and have grown up playing against each other, playing with each other, so it&rsquo;s great. And the environment&rsquo;s great here. I feel like every game is a sell-out, so they have a great home court advantage<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paige Bueckers steal from Caitlin Clark with the and-one against Sophie Cunningham on the other end&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yINc4QF6w\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/4yINc4QF6w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Wings Bulletin (@WingsBulletin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WingsBulletin\/status\/1944464497042964759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are one of the strong reasons behind the WNBA viewership this season. The duo&rsquo;s impact extends off the court too, consistently drawing record-breaking crowds at arenas across the league. The highly anticipated rematch between Clark and Bueckers is slated for early next month at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers finally met on the WNBA stage, delivering a memorable game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":73821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[49,5062],"class_list":["post-73818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-paige-bueckers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&ldquo;We&#039;ve Always Been Friends&rdquo; - Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers Share Mutual Respect After First WNBA Matchup - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers finally faced off in the WNBA. 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