Sunday was a banner day for Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, who broke the WNBA’s rookie help report and helped her crew romp to a 92–75 win over the Seattle Storm.
Nonetheless, it additionally introduced a second of frustration.
With about seven minutes left within the sport’s third quarter and its final result very a lot unsure (the Fever’s lead was simply 43–39), Clark grew pissed off within the fast aftermath of a Storm turnover. She punched the bottom of a basket—and promptly acquired her fifth technical foul of the season.
Clark threw her palms within the air in a gesture of clear confusion, and futilely pled her case to the sport’s officers.
Caitlin Clark smacked the bottom of the basket after Seattle turned the ball over and he or she obtained T’d up by the refs. CC was very confused by it after, put palms up. pic.twitter.com/uexYw43bXB
— Matthew Byrne (@MatthewByrne1) August 18, 2024
The foul was only a blot on an in any other case stellar afternoon for Clark. Along with her 9 assists, she tallied 23 factors and pulled down 5 rebounds.
Indiana is now 13–15, good for third within the Japanese Convention behind the New York Liberty and Connecticut Solar.
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PATRICK ANDRES
Patrick Andres is a employees author on the Breaking and Trending Information crew at Sports activities Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having labored for The Blade, Athlon Sports activities, Concern the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has lined all the pieces from zero-attendance Massive Ten basketball to a seven-overtime school soccer sport. He’s a graduate of Northwestern College’s Medill Faculty of Journalism with a double main in historical past .
