The finale of Caitlin Clark's first season is the most attended WNBA game of all time and crowns a historic season

The Washington Mystics used their scheduled season finale against the Indiana Fever to pull off a stunt that brought them record attendance despite being one of the worst teams in the league this year.

With Caitlin Clark and the Fever finishing the season in Washington DC on Thursday, the Mystics made the advantageous marketing decision to move the game to a larger venue. They moved it to Capital One Arena, home of the NBA's Washington Wizards.

Washington usually plays at the Entertainment and Sports Arena, which is located in Congress Heights, a residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C. It has a capacity of only 4,200 spectators.

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But the Capital One Arena in the Chinatown district of the city's larger Penn Quarter has a maximum capacity of 20,356 seats for basketball games.

The Mystics had no trouble filling those spots with Clark in town, even though they had only 13 wins before the game.

The 20,711 fans who showed up Thursday set a new record for the best-attended WNBA game of the regular season. The record surpassed the previous regular season record of 20,674, set four times by Washington during the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

The best part for the Mystics was that fans were there to watch the home team take the win over Clark's Fever 92-91

The Las Vegas Aces made a similar move when they hosted the Fever at the larger T-Mobile Arena on July 2 rather than playing at the relatively smaller Michelob ULTRA Arena. That game drew 20,366 fans, the highest attendance for a single regular-season game since 1999.

For the Mystics, however, it almost didn't happen. Clark was just one technical foul away from being suspended for one game this year. In the Fevers' last game against the Dallas Wings, Clark would have received her seventh technical foul of the season, which would have resulted in a one-game suspension for the rookie.

During the game, Clark ran down the court after losing the ball. She watched the replay and immediately started yelling at the referee. Kelsey Mitchell put her arm out to stop Clark from running to the referee while Aliyah Boston pulled Clark away and yelled “no” to avoid a technical foul.

By avoiding a seventh technical foul, Clark was able to spark a veritable rush of fans to her game in Washington on Thursday night.

Clark's season finale with record attendance is a worthy conclusion to a historic season in which the rookie seemed to have broken so many other records.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) reaches for the ball during a game against the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Hollars / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

With her performance Thursday, Clark set the record for most points by a point guard in a single season in WNBA history. Clark already held the record for most points by a rookie and the league's single-season assist record.

Clark holds the single-season record and is the league leader in assists this year, and is the youngest player to ever lead the league in assists.

Clark also led the league in 3-pointers made that year, with 122, the second-most in a single season ever.

In addition, she broke the record for most All-Star votes of any player in WNBA history and was the first rookie player to ever record a triple-double.

The attention and performance Clark gave the Fever has propelled the team into the playoffs for the first time in eight years as one of the most popular teams in the league. The Fever have appeared in all 14 of the most watched WNBA games this year.

Two of Clark's teammates commented on how different it is playing with Clark this year in terms of the mood and visibility on the team.

Point guard Kelsey Mitchell told reporters before Thursday's game that she doesn't think the public would know much about her if it weren't for Clark, adding that she's used to a more introverted approach to her job.

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Dallas Wings guard Jacy Sheldon (4) defends Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

“I think the reality is that without 'C Squared' (Clark's nickname), people wouldn't know, so cheers to Caitlin!” Mitchell said when asked how she could get more attention and fans this season.

“She's done an incredible job of bringing her own fans and people to support her, but I laugh about it and accept it at the same time because I've always flown under the radar. I've always been that kind of person who's very conservative and introverted and now I can see the flip side of that.

Meanwhile, shooting guard Erica Wheeler told reporters that Clark's presence this season has forced the team to be more resilient to critical scrutiny.

“We're just having fun with Caitlin Clark, who never takes anything seriously,” Wheeler said. “I always tell people she's a kid at heart. … There are moments when we have to be serious, and we are, but most of the time we're having fun. Because you have to understand that the outside world was really trying to get into this building. We just didn't let it.”

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