{"id":251333,"date":"2026-07-04T05:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/caitlin-clark-addresses-controversy-regarding-alyssa-thomas-officiating\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:57:07","slug":"caitlin-clark-addresses-controversy-regarding-alyssa-thomas-officiating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/caitlin-clark-addresses-controversy-regarding-alyssa-thomas-officiating\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark addresses controversy regarding Alyssa Thomas, officiating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/teams\/indiana_fever\/17260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Fever<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/teams\/phoenix_mercury\/17278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Phoenix Mercury<\/a> were at the center of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0WNBA\u00a0<\/a>season&#8217;s biggest controversy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/players\/alyssa_thomas\/911450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alyssa Thomas\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/players\/caitlin_clark\/911444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> were scrambling for a loose ball when the Mercury forward put her fist on Clark&#8217;s throat. The referees missed the call, but the league retroactively suspended Thomas for one game with a flagrant 2 foul.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/articles\/alyssa_thomas_makes_concerning_revelation_about_caitlin_clark_incident\/s1_13132_44015404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">led to death threats\u00a0<\/a>and both Thomas and Fever coach Stephane White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/articles\/fever_hc_defends_alyssa_thomas_after_caitlin_clark_saga\/s1_13132_44019625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to call out the fans<\/a> and the league for not protecting the players.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Clark has also shared her two cents on the controversial foul call.<\/p>\n<h2>Caitlin Clark gives her thoughts on controversy<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI know what you guys are going to ask, and I did think it was a flagrant foul,\u201d Clark told Forbes&#8217; Tony East. \u201c&#8230;I don\u2019t really think it was up for debate. Obviously, it wasn\u2019t called in real time, but if you go back and watch the clip, I think it was pretty straightforward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/articles\/caitlin_clark_addresses_controversy_regarding_alyssa_thomas_officiating\/s1_13132_44023951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Fever and\u00a0Phoenix Mercury were at the center of the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0season&#8217;s biggest controversy. 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