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Aliyah Boston's 5-Word Reaction to Caitlin Clark's Nike Super Bowl Ad Says It All

Aliyah Boston only needed five words to speak volumes about Caitlin Clark's Nike ad during the Super Bowl.

Grant Young

Jun 10, 2024; Uncasville, Connecticut, USA; Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) and guard Caitlin Clark (22) react after a basket against the Connecticut Sun in the first quarter at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images
Jun 10, 2024; Uncasville, Connecticut, USA; Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) and guard Caitlin Clark (22) react after a basket against the Connecticut Sun in the first quarter at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images / David Butler II-Imagn Images

Given that women's basketball (and women's sports as a whole) has assumed the spotlight in a major way over the past year, it only made sense that some of the sport's biggest stars would receive their flowers during Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.

And that's exactly what happened, as Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, and JuJu Watkins were all featured in a 90-second Nike commercial a few minutes before Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show. The commercial was all about women in sports overcoming the barriers that society sets upon them, with the iconic tagline at the commercial's end reading, 'Whatever you do, you can't win. So Win.'

This ad was historic because it marked the first time in 27 years that Nike had a Super Bowl commercial.

Clark received a lot of love from fans on social media after the commercial was aired. And soon after it was shown to the Super Bowl's massive global audience, Clark made an Instagram post that featured some shots from the shoot and which was captioned, "You’ll be told you can’t do it. So do it anyway💫
@nike".

Several of Clark's former and current teammates commented on this post. Perhaps the most prevalent was Fever teammate Aliyah Boston, who wrote, "OH YOU ATE THIS UP🔥🔥🔥😍".

Clark's close friend and former Iowa Hawkeyes teammate Kate Martin added, "Never listen to the haters 💯," while former Hawkeyes player Gabbie Marshall said, "SEXYYYYYY🔥".

Unfortunately for Clark, her beloved Chiefs didn't come through in the Super Bowl, as they were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 40-22.

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Grant Young
GRANT YOUNG

Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.

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