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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese had a heated change after the Indiana Fever sharpshooter fouled the Chicago Sky ahead within the third quarter of their matchup Saturday.
Reese pushed Fever ahead Natasha Howard within the again as she grabbed an offensive rebound off a miss by teammate Rebecca Allen.
Reese introduced the ball low, and Clark fouled her earlier than she went up for a shot. Reese fell to the bottom.
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Indiana Fever ahead Natasha Howard (6) guards Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) Saturday, Could 17, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA Immediately Community through Imagn Photographs)
Reese obtained up from the ground and obtained into the face of Clark.
Referees seemed on the play and decided Clark used her left hand to shove Reese to the ground. They upgraded the private foul on Clark to a flagrant foul. And Reese and Aliyah Boston of the Fever have been issued technical fouls.
“Nothing malicious about it, only a good take foul,” Clark informed ESPN’s Holly Rowe.
It appeared to be one other chapter within the rivalry between Clark and Reese.
The 2 had an intense rivalry throughout their time in ladies’s faculty basketball. Clark spoke on the importance of defeating rivals on the ground earlier than the sport towards Chicago.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) and Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) shake palms earlier than a recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Could 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Photographs)
“Rivalries are actual, and that is what makes sports activities so wonderful,” Clark informed ESPN. “There’s sure groups that these video games simply imply somewhat bit extra. [We] come out right here and play the identical manner each night time, however [a rivalry] will get the followers concerned, and so they adore it.”
Clark’s historical past with the Sky started final season.
Clark took a collection of questionable fouls from Reese’s Sky all through the 2024 season, together with one from Reese June 16.
Clark additionally took an notorious unlawful hip examine from Chicago Sky ahead Chennedy Carter June 1. Then, in late August, Chicago’s Diamond DeShields dedicated a tough foul on Clark, who went flying throughout the ground. The foul was later upgraded to a flagrant violation, and DeShields later posted screenshots of hate messages she had obtained from the foul.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles the ball whereas Chicago Sky guard Kia Nurse (11) defends within the first half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Could 17, 2025 (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Photographs)
However Clark’s workforce prevailed, taking three of the 4 conferences between the groups final yr, which have been among the many most-watched WNBA contests all season.
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The Sky and Fever meet 5 instances in 2025.
Fox Information’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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