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Caitlin Clark Has Priceless Reaction to WNBA Backlash After Sun-Fever Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Reign Amurao | Last updated Jun 18, 2025 10:20 PM ET

The Indiana Fever's game on Tuesday against the Connecticut Sun had an ugly end. Throughout the game, the physicality was at an all-time high, with Caitlin Clark getting into a shoving match twice. In the first half, she was shoved by Sun guard Marina Mabrey after getting into a heated verbal exchange with Jacy Sheldon.

In the third quarter, Clark was fouled by Sheldon after she was poked in the eye. The Fever star stood up for herself, but Mabrey got involved again and pushed her, leading her to hit the deck. The officials did not eject anyone after that, and the Sun guard was the only player who was given a flagrant foul 1.

However, Clark, Mabrey and Tina Charles were each assessed with a technical foul.

Things got out of hand as the game was about to end, unfortunately. A brawl started with less than a minute in the game after Sophie Cunningham committed a hard foul on Sheldon. The former Dallas Wings guard retaliated, which started the brawl. In the end, Cunningham, Sheldon and Lindsay Allen were all ejected.

Another dust up, this time between Jacy Sheldon and Sophie Cunningham.

Cunningham fouled Sheldon, then Sheldon reacted, pushing Cunningham into the crowd. pic.twitter.com/9eFa50sSjA
— Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) June 18, 2025

Following the contest, Fever's head coach, Stephanie White, criticized the officiating.

"Now, things are happening quickly. Everybody's getting better, except the officials. So we got to find a way to remedy it," White told the media.

As she was giving her answer, Clark had a priceless look on her face as she sat next to White during the postgame presser.

“everybody’s getting better except the officials”

caitlin: pic.twitter.com/EMaYqvStZ8
— cc akgae (@clrkszn) June 18, 2025

The 2024 Rookie of the Year knows it's likely to be on the other end of bad officiating. Since she started her WNBA career, Clark has experienced unfair officiating.

After the contest, the league announced punishment for the players involved in the heated Fever-Sun game. Mabrey's technical foul was upgraded to a flagrant foul 2. However, no player was suspended by the WNBA.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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