The Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark continues to be a target of scorn in the WNBA, this time courtesy of the Phoenix Mercury’s official account on social media platform X.
Wednesday saw the Fever and Mercury face off at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas plunged a closed fist into Clark’s neck at the horn as she was getting off the ground.
Thomas subsequently received a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty and a one-game suspension. The WNBA described her actions as “recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area.”
The WNBA’s statement from Thursday reads, “The incident, for which Thomas was deemed to have committed a non-basketball act, occurred with 6:52 remaining in the second quarter of the Mercury’s 111-109 win over the Fever last night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
“Per WNBA rule, the League Office has the option, following its review of any game, to reclassify a Flagrant foul or to classify as Flagrant any foul not called as such during a game and may impose a fine and/or suspension.”