Candace Parker became the first player in WNBA history to have five or more points, blocks, rebounds, steals, turnovers and assists in the same game on Thursday night in a double overtime loss at Indiana.
The No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft had 16 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists and five steals. Parker scored six points in the final minute of the second overtime.
"She's a great talent," Indiana's Katie Douglas, who guarded her for most of the game, said. "She's obviously going to be a star, if not already a star, in this league. She does so many different things -- I've never seen a player like her. She doesn't have to score to play a key role on her team."
Parker also had seven turnovers and shot just 7-for-18 from the field. She went scoreless in the first half.
It was a wild game that featured failed dunk attempts by both Parker and Lisa Leslie. Leslie, the only WNBA player to dunk in a regular-season game, finished with 19 points and nine rebounds.
The teams also combined for a league-record 27 blocked shots.
Perhaps the strangest moment came during pregame introductions, when Parker got louder cheers than any of the Fever players. Many of those fans wore orange Tennessee shirts.
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