INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever clinched a spot in the Commissioner’s Cup championship game with an 88-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday, but the feat was overshadowed by a pair of scuffles, including a fight in the final minute that led to the ejections of three players.
With 46.1 seconds remaining, the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham committed a hard foul on the Sun’s Jacy Sheldon as she attempted a breakaway layup, with an altercation ensuing between the players and eventually enveloping teammates, coaches and security as they tried to quell the tensions.
Cunningham was hit with a flagrant foul 2 and an immediate ejection. Sheldon and teammate Lindsay Allen were deemed “escalators” in the incident, according to official Ashley Gloss in the postgame pool report, and both were ejected for fighting.
The commotion was the culmination of chippiness, physical play and heightened tensions that had been building throughout the game.
A skirmish in the third quarter resulted in Caitlin…
