One night time after their controversial recreation towards the Chicago Sky, the Indiana Fever bought blown out on the street by the New York Liberty, 104-68, on Sunday.
And Caitlin Clark, the topic of the controversy, struggled mightily at Barclays Center throughout the staff’s newest defeat.
Clark scored three factors, capturing 1 of 10 from the sector, together with 1 of seven from three-point territory. She additionally collected 5 assists, two rebounds, two steals and one block.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever takes the ball out throughout the third quarter towards the Liberty at Barclays Heart in New York Metropolis on June 2, 2024. (Luke Hales/Getty Pictures)
In the meantime, the Liberty noticed their stars prepare dinner up on residence court docket as Breanna Stewart (13 factors, six rebounds, 5 assists), Sabrina Ionescu (16 factors, six assists, six rebounds), Jonquel Jones (18 factors, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, two steals) and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (20 factors, 5 assists, two rebounds, two steals) led the best way for New York.
The Fever have been contemporary off a troublesome win over the Sky, 71-70, the night time earlier than, and it wasn’t even 24 hours since controversy and stress brewed between these two squads.
Sky guard Chennedy Carter was seen hip-checking Clark throughout the recreation, and her Sky teammate, Angel Reese, clapped for the arduous foul that become a flagrant 1 violation after the WNBA reviewed it on Sunday.
SKY’S CHENNEDY CARTER RIPS CAITLIN CLARK AFTER REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT FOUL
After the sport, Carter averted questions on Clark, however her ideas concerning the No. 1 total choose of this 12 months’s draft have been confirmed with likes and reposted defenses of her actions on X.
Carter, then, posted on Threads Sunday the place she ripped into Clark.
“& that’s that on that trigger beside three level capturing what does she deliver to the desk man,” Carter wrote in reply to a submit about her postgame press convention.
In a separate submit on Threads, Carter additionally responded to the clip of Reese celebrating the arduous foul on Clark throughout a timeout, saying, “my dawg fasho, bought all my teammates.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, left, and Kayla Thornton of the New York Liberty combat for a free ball throughout the first half at Barclays Heart in New York Metropolis on June 2, 2024. (Luke Hales/Getty Pictures)
Amid information the league was upgrading Carter’s foul to a flagrant, it additionally fined Reese $1,000 for skipping her postgame press convention. The Sky was additionally fined $5,000.
Clark was requested about Carter’s foul after the sport, and he or she replied, “I wasn’t anticipating it. It’s what it’s. It’s a bodily recreation. Go make the free throw and execute on offense, and I really feel like that’s type of what we did.”
Whereas Clark took the excessive street, her GM, Lin Dunn, and head coach Christie Sides spoke their minds.
“There’s a distinction between robust protection and pointless – focusing on actions!” Dunn wrote in a submit on X. “It must cease! The league must ‘cleanup’ (sic) the c–p! That’s NOT who this league is!!”
Sides added, “I’m making an attempt to not get fined. I’m simply going to maintain sending these possessions to the league and these performs. Hopefully, they’ll begin to … take a greater have a look at among the issues we see occurring or we predict is going on.”
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever is proven throughout the fourth quarter towards the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 1, 2024. (Andy Lyons/Getty Pictures)
Clark followers have appeared to go after Carter on social media, singling her out for what occurred on the ground, although it appeared each of them had phrases previous to the hip examine. However Carter posted on her Instagram Story as nicely, saying, “I’d somewhat you hate me then (sic) love me and I imply that on my lifeless aunt.” She prefaced that by saying “I grew up with all brothers,” so she loves “the hate greater than the love.”
Carter additionally steered Clark flopped on the play, making the hip examine look worse than it was.
Both approach, Clark is aware of there’s a goal on her again, and subsequently the Fever, getting into her rookie season as she generated tons of hype and new viewership for the WNBA after her illustrious school profession at Iowa.
How she responds to “welcome to the present” moments just like the one Saturday is what actually issues, however it wasn’t her finest efficiency on the back-to-back towards the Liberty.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever is proven throughout the first quarter towards the Liberty at Barclays Heart in New York Metropolis on June 2, 2024. (Luke Hales/Getty Pictures)
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Regardless of the poor begin to the season by the Fever (2-9), Clark is the second participant in WNBA historical past to have at the very least 100 factors, 50 rebounds and 50 assists of their first 10 video games, becoming a member of Ionescu in that feat. She did so after gathering 11 factors, eight rebounds and three assists within the win over Chicago.
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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