INDIANAPOLIS — The seemingly never-ending drama between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese continued Saturday when Clark was called for a flagrant foul on Reese during the Indiana Fever’s 93-58 win over the Chicago Sky during the WNBA’s opening weekend.
In the middle of the third quarter, Reese appeared to push Natasha Howard in the back prior to grabbing an offensive rebound. Clark, who finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for third career triple-double, put her arms out expecting a call from the refs, but none was forthcoming. As Reese gathered to go up for a layup, Clark wrapped her up with a hard foul.
Reese took exception and popped up and immediately started yelling at Clark. Fever forward Aliyah Boston quickly arrived on the scene and pushed Reese, as Clark walked away from the situation. The back-and-forth continued verbally for a brief time before officials and coaches broke things up.
The officials went to the monitor to review the play, and after a lengthy consultation decided to upgrade the foul to a Flagrant 1 on Clark. Reese and Boston, meanwhile, were hit with offsetting technical fouls. Here is the explanation from crew chief Roy Gulbeyan in the pool report:
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