When Caitlin Clark’s frustration got the best of her during Sunday’s game against the Seattle Storm, a referee not only blew the whistle but found her reaction was a disgrace to the game.
Despite the Indiana Fever holding the lead in the third quarter, Clark struggled to get her shots in. To add salt to the wound, a harmless gesture to let out some steam led to referee Tyler Ricks giving the rookie a technical foul and fans a reason to scratch their heads.
Nevertheless, the Fever secured a 92-75 win at home. As for Clark, she had a seemingly sarcastic response when asked about the call postgame.
‘I got a technical for basically being mad at myself because I missed a three,’ Clark said.
‘And then I went and hit the backboard, and he told me it was disrespectful to the game of basketball.’
When Caitlin Clark’s frustration got the best of her during Sunday’s game against the Seattle Storm, a referee not only blew the whistle but found her reaction was a disgrace to the game.
Despite the Indiana Fever holding the lead in the third quarter, Clark struggled to get her shots in. To add salt to the wound, a harmless gesture to let out some steam led to referee Tyler Ricks giving the rookie a technical foul and fans a reason to scratch their heads.
Nevertheless, the Fever secured a 92-75 win at home. As for Clark, she had a seemingly sarcastic response when asked about the call postgame.
‘I got a technical for basically being mad at myself because I missed a three,’ Clark said.
‘And then I went and hit the backboard, and he told me it was disrespectful to the game of basketball.’
When Caitlin Clark’s frustration got the best of her during Sunday’s game against the Seattle Storm, a referee not only blew the whistle but found her reaction was a disgrace to the game.
Despite the Indiana Fever holding the lead in the third quarter, Clark struggled to get her shots in. To add salt to the wound, a harmless gesture to let out some steam led to referee Tyler Ricks giving the rookie a technical foul and fans a reason to scratch their heads.
Nevertheless, the Fever secured a 92-75 win at home. As for Clark, she had a seemingly sarcastic response when asked about the call postgame.
‘I got a technical for basically being mad at myself because I missed a three,’ Clark said.
‘And then I went and hit the backboard, and he told me it was disrespectful to the game of basketball.’
The Fever have won their last two games and will hit the road against the Minnesota Lynx and Atlanta Dream on the 24th and 26th of August.
Indiana sits seventh in the league and third in the Eastern Conference.
‘I think I could have done a better job of regaining my cool but that’s like the fire and passion that just gets me going,’ Clark continued. ‘Its just finding a way to channel that, use that, and I think I did a real good job of that at the end of the third quarter, start of the fourth quarter.’
Clark now has five technical fouls this season – making her two T’s away from an automatic one-game suspension.
