Caitlin Clark gets heated with Saniya Rivers during game

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Caitlin Clark gets heated with Saniya Rivers during game

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Jul 22, 2026 10:29 PM ET

Saniya Rivers has become the latest opponent to mix it up with Caitlin Clark.

Rivers and the Connecticut Sun faced off Wednesday against Clark and the Indiana Fever. In the third quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, Clark was being defended by Rivers, who funneled Clark into help defense provided by Sun teammate Olivia Nelson-Ododo.

Referees whistled Nelson-Odobo for a foul on the play, and Rivers did not agree with the call. Rivers and Clark then started yelling at each other with Clark at one point pointing at the video board to illustrate her point.

Here is the video of the incident.

Caitlin Clark and Saniya Rivers going at it pic.twitter.com/a0g4O5avZx
— Ashwin (@Sudharsan_ak) July 23, 2026

Clark and Rivers were handed double technical fouls for the sequence. Clark is now even closer to getting a suspension, but at least she hit both free throws that ensued from the original foul on Nelson-Odobo.

The Fever were up big at the time and went on to defeat the Sun by a lopsided final of 123-88 (with Clark leading all players with 27 points and 11 assists on a nifty 8-of-13 shooting). While the incident with Rivers ended up being relatively tame, Clark was of course involved in a much uglier episode with the Sun around this time last season.

More must-reads: