Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark celebrates in the second half Wednesday against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas.

INDIANAPOLIS — Aliyah Boston has taken a side job of sorts as Caitlin Clark’s unpaid spokesperson.

The Indiana Fever center enjoys playfully intervening during press conferences either to hype her teammate’s most recent accomplishment or gently embarrass the rookie guard. Often both.

The latest example came Friday during WNBA All-Star Game media availability when Boston cut in during a question about Clark’s fatigue level.

“She doesn’t get tired,” Boston deadpanned.

This time around, Clark was more than willing to extend the routine.

“Do you see the way I run? I just sprint all the time,” she said. “I sprint everywhere. I sprint int0 my apartment. I just sprint. I love sprinting.”

In truth, the upcoming Olympic break will provide a welcome respite for the WNBA’s most marketable star.

But it is about to interrupt the hottest stretch of her nascent career.

On Friday, Clark was named the WNBA’s Rookie of the Month for July after averaging 20.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 12.5 assists during the abbreviated 17-day period before the break.

It’s the second time this season Clark has been named the Rookie of the Month, and her list of accomplishments continues to grow.

She set a single-game WNBA record with 19 assists Wednesday in a loss against the Dallas Wings, and she leads the league with an average of 8.2 assists per game.

With 19 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists against the New York Liberty on July 6, she became the first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double, and she’s set a rookie record for a guard with nine double-doubles.

She’s also set a franchise record for assists in a season (213) with 14 games remaining in the regular season.

When news leaked in June that Clark would not be included on the U.S. Olympic roster, she infamously told Fever head coach Christie Sides a monster had been awakened.

Team USA will face that monster in Saturday’s all-star game in Phoenix, Arizona.

“She is who she is, and I think that’s all you can ask for from a rookie,” said Las Vegas Aces center A’Ja Wilson, July’s Western Conference Player of the Month and a star member of Team USA. “…. You’re probably not gonna live up to everyone’s expectations, and I think she’s understanding that. She;s going out there and being her, and that’s all you can ask for. So — hype, no hype — I think she’s just being who she is.”

One of the highlights of the weekend for Clark is the chance to play for WNBA All-Star coach Cheryl Miller, a pioneer of the women’s game.

The two first met when Clark accepted the Honda Award as college basketball’s top women’s player in each of the past two seasons, and they shared a brief embrace after Indiana’s first win of the season in Miller’s hometown of Los Angeles.

Miller has been a proponent of the superstar who is changing the way women’s professional basketball is viewed. Fever games have set viewership records on six networks this season, and the team is on pace to set WNBA single-season records for home and road attendance.

Coaching Clark and her long-time rival — Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese — is an honor for Miller.

“I love and appreciate their rivalry,” Miller said. “I love what they’ve done for the women’s game, from the collegiate level to now, and it’s working. And it was only a matter of time. Great narratives. Great storylines. But now the bottom line comes down to one thing. It’s about basketball, and it’s about wins.

“And both these young ladies and their teams — people don’t want to face them down the stretch because now it’s starting to click. It’s starting to click in Chicago, and it’s staring to click in Indiana.”

The Sky (10-14) and Fever (11-15) enter the break in a virtual tie for the final two playoff spots.

Indiana’s goal throughout the season has been to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 2016, and it will have a three-game cushion over the ninth-place Atlanta Dream when the regular season resumes.

For all the talk of records, Olympic snubs and rookie of the year races, the only goal Clark has focused on is the playoffs.

She dreamed of playing in Paris with Team USA and chasing an eighth consecutive gold medal, and she’s made no secret an Olympic roster spot remains one of her career objectives.

But the 22-year-old also sees her upcoming rest as a blessing.

“I’m just somebody that wants to continue to work and continue to play, and there has to be a point where that has to stop and you have to take care of yourself, and maybe some of those decisions at times can be hard and you want to give the world and everybody watching what they want and help this game get better and better,” Clark said. “But I think relaxing and reflecting on everything that’s happened to me over the course of the last year is going to be super important because my life has moved so fast. I don’t want to let any of those moments pass me by.”

Clark was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick eight days after she led Iowa to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament championship game.

Less than two weeks later, she was in her new hometown for training camp, and the regular season began with a grueling stretch of 11 games in the first 20 days.

Clark acknowledges she hasn’t yet gotten settled in the Indianapolis community. She’s looking forward to setting down roots and starting to make a difference off the court.

But, for now, it’s all basketball.

And she wouldn’t ask for much more.

“Sure, I’m tired,” Clark said. “But, at the same time, there’s so many people that would kill to be in my shoes and so many people that are going through so much worse in their lives. I’m a professional basketball player. My life is pretty pretty good.

“So I have no complaints, and if I’m going to be tired, I’ll be tired. I’ll take that every single day of the week.”