Caitlin Clark’s rival earns a WNBA award.

INDIANA FEVER

JULY 2 ANGEL REESE DOUBLE-DOUBLE AVERAGE While Indiana Fever Caitlin Clark’s shooting and passing attract attention to casual WNBA fans, Angel Reese’s interior dominance sings to the league’s long-time followers. The Chicago Sky rookie averaged a double-double in June, with 14.5 points and 13.2 rebounds.

Reese’s double-double stats earned WNBA’s Rookie of the Month for June.

Clark’s 15 points and 7.2 assists average in June are nothing to scoff at, but a double-double from a rookie warrants praise. The Fever and Sky are neck and neck in the standings, with the former team having two more wins.

JULY 2 CCTV ESPN televised Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever win over Diana Taurasi’s Phoenix Mercury on Sunday … . … though given the ratings, it seems you may already know that.

Sunday’s marquee matchup drew another crop of massive ratings for the WNBA.

Per the network, 1.9 million average viewers watched Indiana’s 88-82 victory.

It’s called the “Caitlin Effect,” and it is inarguable. How so? Ratings for ESPN’s 14 WNBA games are up 183 percent from last season.

JULY 2 CAITLIN CLARK MAKES ESPN BRING OUT THE BEST

The Indiana Fever faces the WNBA’s defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces, on Tuesday evening. In light of the major matchup, ESPN assembled a suitable broadcast team to call the economic-booming Caitlin Clark against an elite team.

On play-by-play duties, ESPN slotted veteran Pam Ward. ESPN’s lead college basketball analyst, Debbie Antonelli, will be the game’s color commentator. Who’s going to interview the players and coaches? Angel Gray is Tuesday’s sideline reporter for the star-studded game.

Tuesday night’s game will tipoff at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.