Fever player who benefits most from Caitlin Clark is painfully obvious

It goes without saying that the entire Indiana Fever receives a boost from having Caitlin Clark healthy and on the court. A 2-3 record during Clark's absence made her return to the lineup even more important in terms of righting the ship after a rollercoaster start to the season.

While the Fever has done an excellent job building the team around Clark, one player in particular meshes well with her. Yes, Kelsey Mitchell benefits from the reduced opposing defense focus. Absolutely, Aliyah Boston loves having the additional spacing to operate. But Lexie Hull? She feels like she was built as a basketball player to play next to Clark.

Caitlin Clark amplifying what Lexie Hull does best offensively

While Caitlin Clark was out, Hull's offense did not take a major dip. Outside of a scoreless game against the Sky, her scoring averages remained about the same. During the stretch without Clark she was at 9.6 PPG, with Clark in the first games of the season Hull was an even 10 PPG.

More than anything, Clark is amplifying what Hull does best on the offensive side of the ball and making life as easy as possible. Those aspects of her offensive game just so happen to be exactly what Clark is great at elevating for her teammates on the wing.

If you go back to Clark's time at Iowa, so much of the team's success came from the gravity that Clark has and the attention she demands from the defense. This opened up plenty of opportunities for players such as Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall to shoot open threes or make a cut and receive a pass for a layup — exactly what Hull brings to this Fever offense.

Hull is also excelling in terms of perimeter shooting. She is currently shooting an insane 55.6% from deep, a stat that is good enough for second in the WNBA behind New York's Kennedy Burke (57.6%).

Keeping Hull's focus on the defensive side

While yes, the offensive side in the Lexie Hull equation is important, what makes her so important to this Fever team is what she also does on the defensive side of the ball. Clark being back on the court makes life easier for Hull on offense and leaves even more energy and focus in terms of defense.

Hull has put at least one steal in the box score every game in all but one game so far this season for the Fever, and two steals in four of the ten total games. Hull bringing a disruptiveness to the defense side of the ball is major on the perimeter for this Fever team.

It is hard not to get excited at the idea of the fully meshed potential for that disruptiveness to extend past Hull. Players like Fever newcomers DeWanna Bonner and Natasha Howard (with their wingspans), Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, and Aliyah Boston, who certainly are capable of making a mess, can absolutely cause problems for opposing teams.

Indiana has a bit of hole to climb out of right now, but if this level of production continues from Hull on both sides of the ball, she will certainly be one of the main reasons the Fever reaches their potential as a team.