Dave Portnoy misses out on $105K boost after bold | Sports News

Dave Portnoy did little to cover his frustration with Caitlin Clark after his bold wager on the Indiana Fever phenom backfired.

Since Clark burst onto the WNBA scene final season, Portnoy has repeatedly positioned massive bets on the star guard and received a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} — although the Barstool Sports founder hasn’t all the time come out on the profitable finish.

On Sunday, Portnoy — who not too long ago slammed the Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano trilogy combat and made his emotions on Elon Musk completely clear — shared a screenshot of one of his bets that didn’t hit.

Ahead of the Fever’s matchup towards the Dallas Wings and 2025 No. 1 general choose Paige Bueckers, Portnoy wagered $10,000 for Clark to amass 10+ assists, 4+ three-pointers, 20+ factors and over 175 whole factors. At +950 odds, the guess would’ve paid out $105,000.

Unfortunately for Portnoy, Clark’s capturing struggles persevered as she continued to attempt to discover her footing following two prolonged stints on the injured listing. When the mud had lastly settled on the Fever’s dominant 102-83 win, the Iowa product recorded 14 factors on 4-of-12 capturing from the sphere and 2-of-7 from behind the arc.

Taking to social media, Portnoy pleaded with Clark to rediscover her elite capturing type. “Would it kill Caitlin to hit 2 more threes in this quarter?” he requested on X.

Speaking to reporters during a postgame press convention, Clark conceded that she nonetheless doesn’t really feel 100% like herself on the court docket. “I still probably didn’t shoot it as good as I would have liked, but I feel like it’s coming. Just trying to continue to get my legs under me,” she stated. “I feel like I’m a couple shots away from having a really good game, but I thought my playmaking was really good. There was no reason for me to really shoot that much. … [We were] just very balanced, and people executed.”

Fortunately for Clark, several of her teammates swooped in to carry the load on offense. Kelsey Mitchell (20), Natasha Howard (18) and Aliyah Boston (17) combined for a whopping 55 points, while Sophie Cunningham additionally provided 13 points off the bench.

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“When we have five people in double-figures, I feel like we’re gonna be pretty hard to beat,” Clark declared. “It would take a lot for a team to beat us. I think we were just firing on all cylinders, moving the ball well, getting to the next action, playing out a pick and roll well,” Clark stated. “And then our defense was good and got us a lot of buckets in transition.”

Clark was more than completely happy to undertake a facilitator position towards the Wings, as she registered 13 assists, three rebounds and a career-high 5 steals. “I will be a actually good defender once I select to, once I work actually onerous on it and never preserve power,” Clark defined. “So I’m proud of myself in that regard and I think that probably motivates our offense. When I bring a tenacity on the defensive end, I really think it helps our offense go.”