Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, her teammates and coach are frustrated by the team’s 1-8 start, which continued Thursday with a 103-88 loss to the Seattle Storm. And that frustration extends to the officiating.
Fever coach Christie Sides received a technical foul in the third quarter for protesting a non-call on one of Clark’s drives to the basket Thursday.
“We’ve just got to get better with the officiating,” Sides said. “We’ve got to get some of those calls. I feel like they’re getting some calls that’s happening on our end as well and I just don’t feel like we’re getting some of those.”
Clark, who scored 20 points, said she appreciated Sides picking up a technical while answering a question about her own competitiveness.
“I feel like I’m getting hammered,” said Clark, who finished 6-of-17 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.
Indiana’s postgame frustration also centered on its defense, which is allowing a league-worst 91.2 points per game. Seattle scored 34 points in the third quarter Thursday, turning a six-point game at the half into a 22-point rout.
“The third quarter was when we lost the game,” Clark said. “I just thought our defensive rotations were bad. … It’s not really about our offense. It was our defense….
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