The Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever game on Sunday was already charged up. Caitlin Clark and Diana Taurasi were presented by the media on two opposite ends of the spectrum, who could have a sort of competition against each other. If that wasn’t enough, Brittney Griner clashed with Aliyah Boston for which she was also given a foul. The game at the Footprint Center was such that in the first half itself, the match saw 5 technical fouls and a major reason for them was the teams fighting against each other during huddles. And fans took the opportunity to mock the players.

The issue started when Temi Fagbenle scored off a free throw. The Mercury as well as the Fever recollected their squads in a circle to think of their next move. In such a situation Fever guard Erica Wheeler was protecting her teammates. However, the opposition’s guard Natasha Cloud was furious and both teams started pushing each other’s players. This was the start of the fight that had all the athletes then yelling and shoving each other as the referees tried to intervene.

The fight soon turned into a lethal brawl as the Mercury’s Kahleah Copper and Cloud were screaming their side of the story and trying to occasionally push the Fever players whereas the latter had Fagbenle and Wheeler in front who were standing up for their players. In such mob situation, Clark made a move of disconnecting herself from the crowd which she could have done to avoid any injury. The two groups had then to be separated by the officials and fans had various reactions to the same.

The Mercury // Fever game is getting spicy 🌶️

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— Women’s Hoops Network (@WomensHoops_USA) June 30, 2024

Fans take a jibe at WNBA players

“I was surprised this didn’t happen 1st 4 minutes into the game,” stated one fan. The user must be pointing to the fact that this was supposed to be a big game for both Taurasi and Clark and hence things were pretty charged up right from the start. Therefore, the W follower had expected that this would happen early on in the game. Nonetheless, as mentioned there were 5 technical fouls in the first half itself.

“Caitlin like I’m just trynna hoop,” another fan noticed Clark. Clark had tried to solve the issue but when it aggravated she just let her teammates do what they thought was right. Clark has previously also complained about the physicality in the game and considering her lesser strength she wouldn’t have wanted to be sidelined due to an injury sustained in the game.