YouTube Gold: Is Caitlin Clark The Greatest Clutch Player In The Game Today?

You can make that argument after a shot like this.

Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark has been compared to many legendary basketball players like, for instance, Stephen Curry and Larry Bird.

She has a brilliant offensive game and it’s not limited to shooting because she can pass it too.

Take Tuesday night’s win over Michigan State. Clark was personally responsible for 19 of Iowa’s 28 baskets - 14 of her own and five that she assisted on.

But she’s not becoming a legend simply because she can control her team’s offense from A-Z. It’s more because she’s showing the sort of competitive arrogance that Curry and Bird are and were famous for.

What people are going to remember about the Michigan State game isn’t just that Collins scored 40 points. It’s the last three, which is one of the greatest clutch plays you will ever see.

Everyone knew who was going to get the ball and everyone knew what she was going to do. Not everyone knew she was going to shoot it from the logo, but no one doubted that she could hit it either. And neither did she - look how she reacts after she let it go: she knew it was going in.

This will go on her career highlight reel, which is now getting pretty damn full.