Diana Taurasi and Natasha Cloud each picked up their seventh technical fouls of the season on Sunday during the Phoenix Mercury’s 97-79 loss to the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. Cloud’s technical was upheld, but Taurasi had hers rescinded upon league review.
As a result, Cloud has been suspended for the team’s matchup against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, but Taurasi will be eligible to play, the league announced. For the season, Cloud has seven technicals, while Taurasi remains at six.
Under the current rules, once a player reaches seven technical fouls in a season, they will be suspended for one game. A player would then face another one-game suspension for every two technical fouls after that.
Cloud was the first one to get in trouble on Sunday. In the middle of the second quarter, she was playing physical defense on Kelsey Plum and thought that the Aces guard got away with a push-off. After Plum passed the ball, Cloud voiced her displeasure with the officials and was quickly given a technical. There was no debating that one.
Late in the third quarter, Taurasi joined the club. As the Mercury were walking the ball up the floor, an officially suddenly blew her whistle and hit Taurasi with a…
