Caitlin Clark had insult added to possible injury during Saturday’s game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky.
Indiana went into the contest with a 1-8 record but got their first home win of the season, albeit via the slimmest of margins.
Clark was the victim of a nasty body check from Sky shooting guard Chennedy Carter, with the play going viral. Still, it was only adjudged to be a common foul, with Caitlin being awarded a free throw due to the ball still being out of bounds at the time.
Another angle shows an irate Carter calling Clark the “B-word” before decking her, and we don’t mean “Baller.”
Check it out right below:
Caitlin Clark gets called a b*tch then decked by Chicago guard, Chennedy Carter, away from the ball.
Does Caitlin need to toughen up, or are the women out to get her- What y’all think? pic.twitter.com/ajKvPQfr91
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) June 1, 2024
Clark – who wasn’t all that shaken up by the play, though she must have been shocked as she didn’t see it coming despite the verbal warning – sank a free throw that ended up being crucial as the Fever won by a single point.
Caitlin Clark Discusses Chennedy Carter’s Nasty Body Check
Caitlin Clark spoke to ESPN after her 11-point performance and was asked about the foul.
“Yeah, that’s just not a basketball play,” she said (H/T the New York Post). “But you know I’ve gotta play through it, that’s what basketball is about at this level. I thought we’ve been really physical, we’ve missed some bunnies around the rim, so hopefully those fall in the fourth.”
Since being drafted as the No. 1 overall pick back in April, Clark has been treated to some pretty rough stuff. Hardly a game goes by without the Fever rookie taking a cheap shot.
Still, she’s dealt with the experience quite well and will hope to build on Saturday’s win.
Chennedy Carter refused to explain – or answer questions about – her brutal bodycheck on Caitlin Clark following the Indiana Fever’s WNBA victory over the Chicago Sky on Saturday.
Carter shoved Clark to the ground, with television replays appearing to show her yelling ‘you b***h’ at Clark before knocking her rival to the ground.
After the game, however, Carter insisted she did not trash talk Clark. But the guard resisted invitation to discuss the incident.
‘I ain’t answering no Caitlin Clark questions,’ Carter said at the podium. ‘I don’t know what she said. I didn’t say anything.’
It wasn’t immediately clear how Clark had provoked Carter, if at all, before the Fever star was knocked to the ground.
Chennedy Carter was called for a common foul on this play with Caitlin Clark.
Should this have been upgraded to a flagrant 1? 🤔pic.twitter.com/m2zoJ0KI1Q
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 1, 2024
Caitlin Clark was inexplicably bodychecked to the ground by Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter
Clark ended up having the last laugh – her team holding on for a one-point win and the 71-70 triumph was the team’s first home win of the season.
There were 15 seconds left on the clock in the third quarter and when time was up, Clark gave her reaction to ESPN immediately after.
‘That’s just not a basketball play but I’ve got to play through it, that’s what basketball is about at this level,’ she said.
The incident provoked shock on social media – USWNT soccer legend Carli Lloyd slammed Carter, calling her jealous.
‘I ain’t answering no Caitlin Clark questions,’ Carter said at the podium following the game
Chennedy Carter on the sequence with Caitlin Clark in the 3rd quarter: “I ain’t answering no Caitlin Clark questions.”
Full clip: pic.twitter.com/4bRnyXgPjV
— Matthew Byrne (@MatthewByrne1) June 1, 2024
What you call living rent free. Jealousy at its finest.
— Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) June 1, 2024
Replying to Taylor Twellman, another ex- USA soccer player, who shared the video with the caption: ‘Why?! I don’t get it’, Lloyd wrote: ‘What you call living rent free. Jealousy at its finest.’
Ahead of the game Clark, the No 1 pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, said players were repeatedly getting away with fouls against her.
While the wider claims by Clark have been debated, Carter did appear lucky to escape without a more severe punishment.
Clark, meanwhile, speaking midweek after her 30-point game in the loss to Los Angeles Sparks, said: ‘I think everybody’s physical with me.
‘They get away with things that, probably, other people don’t get away with. It’s tough.’
Saturday’s game was the first time Clark came up against her college rival Angel Reese, who was the seventh pick in the WNBA Draft and taken by Chicago.
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