Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever 89-77 as Jewel Loyd scored 34 points

Basketball: On Thursday night Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever by 89-77 as Jewell Loyd scored 34 points during the first half of the game and played the rest of the game with a swollen left eye.

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On Thursday night Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever by 89-77 as Jewell Loyd scored 34 points during the first half of the game and played the rest of the game with a swollen left eye. However, Seattle Storm took control of the game as get let Indiana Fever score only three points in the second half and dominated the whole game.

Seattle Storm's run in the ongoing WNBA has now improved as they have won 11 games and two back-to-back games and they have won six games at home as they will not be able to play at home until mid-July. While for Indiana Fever Caitlin Clark took the charge and scored 15 points and provided seven assists. Meanwhile, the stadium was fully packed with fans wearing jersey No. 22 with Caitlin Clark's name on the back.

Meanwhile, Caitlin Clark was having a leg problem in the first quarter while driving towards the basketball and she needed a substitute. Due to this, he needs more than eight minutes to put her name on the scoresheet. During the first half of the game, she ended up getting 12 points and was not up to the mark of Jewell Loyd.

Jewell Loyd was leading for Seattle Storm

During the first 20 minutes of the game, Jewell Loyd scored five three-pointers in the first half as she scored 23 points which is the second most by any player in the current WNBA season. Due to getting hit around the left eye in the first quarter of the game, she was not able to play for five minutes of the game. By the end of the game, Jewell Loyd scored a three-pointer. Meanwhile, it was her only second game with more than 30 points and it made twice against Indiana Fever. So far, she has played 23 games and has 30 or more points and is equalled with Tine Charles for sixth-most points in the League.

However, for the second time in the last five weeks Climate Pledge Arena went sold out due to the presence of Caitlin Clark as 18,000 fans were of Indiana Fever. Many stars were present in the stadium like Sue Bird, Walter Jones, J.P Crawford, Megan Rapinoe and Damian Lillard. 

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