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Indiana Fever's star, Caitlin Clark, began her 2025 WNBA season with a triple double in the 93-58 defeat of her Chicago Sky Saturday team.
During the game, Clark was called for a flagrant foul after a strong foul on his rival, Angel Reese.
The Star Sky Center was angry with the lack of Clark and went after it in a shortened exchange broken by the sky and fever players. Clark moved away and never looked at Reese as Reese continued walking towards her.
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The Indiana fever guard, Caitlin Clark (22), the lack of Chicago Sky Angel Reese (5) in the second half in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowsk/images imagn)
While it seemed tense on the court, Clark and Reese said that the foul was not as bad as it seemed after the game.
“Let's not do something other than,” Clark said after dropping 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. “It was a good play in basketball. I'm not sure what the referee saw to improve it, and that depends on his discretion.
“It's a lack of putting them in the line of free throws. I've seen a lot of basketball in my life. That's exactly what I was. I wasn't trying to do anything malicious. That is not the type of player I am.”
Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark have heated the exchange after the hard foul during the head of the head of the sky
During the work, Reese obtained an offensive rebound, and Clark seemed to move towards the referee that the Sky center pushed a fever partner. Clark then committed a lack of intentionally, hugging her to avoid an easy tray.
The ESPN transmission debated if Clark pushed slightly to Reese with his left arm after committing the foul, which could have led to Reese's anger reaction.
Without elaborating, Reese called it a “Basketball play” by Clark, a term that both players have used in the past.
Reese fought the shot in his debut in the season, scoring 12 points in 5 of 14 from the field, while taking 17 rebounds.
It was a brief moment, but taking into account the story between Clark and Reese, it is another chapter in a rivalry that goes back to its university days. Fever and sky are now rivals due to the story between Clark and Reese.
The Indiana fever guard, Caitlin Clark (22), goes through Chicago striker Sky Angel Reese (5) on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indiana fever defeated Chicago Sky, 93-58. (IMAGN)
Last season, the fever took three of its four clashes, which included several hard offenses that led to the national debate.
Stephanie White, who won her first victory as a fever chief coach, also commented on Clark's lack.
“No one will get something easy against us,” White said. “We are going to be a hard defensive team. I thought it was also a clear game in the ball.”
“The lack of Clark complied with the criteria for Flagrant Fout 1, to finish, impact and monitoring for the extension of the left hand on Reese's back, which is not considered a legitimate basketball work and, therefore, it is considered unnecessary contact,” said Clark's Roy Gulbeyan Roy Gulbeyan HEAD.
“After the lack, there is a technical physical mockery in Boston and a verbal technique in Reese, which compensated.”
Chicago striker Sky, Angel Reese (5), reacts to a flagrant foul of the Indiana Caitlin Clark fever (22) on Saturday, May 17, 2025, during a game in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (IMAGN)
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The exhausted crowd in Gainbridge Fieldhouse cheered when Reese was lost the first of his two free throws before Chicago retained the ball after the technical lack.
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