Caitlin Clark was the big story going in to the Valkyries game Thursday night, but was upstaged by a dogged Golden State team and its enthusiastic fan base.

Caitlin Clark had high praise for Steph Curry before playing against the Valkyrie in San Francisco for the first time.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Valkyries put on a defensive masterclass against superstar Caitlin Clark. The expansion team held Clark to 11 points and forced the former Iowa standout into six turnovers as Golden State defeated the Indiana Fever 88-77 on Thursday in front of its sixth straight sellout crowd of 18,064.