Caitlin Clark gets heated with Paige Bueckers during game

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Caitlin Clark gets heated with Paige Bueckers during game

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Aug 21, 2026 7:50 AM ET

The WNBA’s No. 1 overall pick in 2024 got upset with the No. 1 overall pick in 2025 during Thursday’s game.

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever played Thursday against Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings. In the closing seconds of the first half at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Clark was dribbling the ball above the three-point line when Bueckers intentionally fouled her (as Dallas had a foul to give at the time).

Clark took exception to how physical Bueckers got with the intentional foul. Apparently upset with how Bueckers was pulling on her arm (before proceeding to make more even contact with her), Clark shoved Bueckers off her.

The television broadcast then caught Clark appearing angry and frustrated, prompting Bueckers to gesture at her while saying, “Calm down.”

Here is the full video of the incident.

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No technical fouls were handed out for the dust-up. But in the end, it was the Wings who pulled out the 91-85 win over the Fever after getting 32 points from Arike Ogunbowale and 26 points from Jessica Shepard to overcome a 5-of-16 shooting night by Bueckers for 13 points. Clark, meanwhile, had an off night herself, finishing with just 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting.

Clark and Bueckers, both 24 years old, sometimes draw comparisons to each other due to their respective styles of play as high-scoring perimeter players. But Bueckers is a bit more of an instigator and also got into it a few weeks ago with Clark’s longtime enemy Angel Reese.

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