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Caitlin Clark threw his arms, shouted the WNBA referees and struck the air of frustration after a controversial elbow cost his team a chance to make the champions fall on Saturday.
In the last seconds of Indiana Fever’s 90-88 defeat against New York Liberty title champion, Clark took the ball with a chance to link or win the match.
Natasha Cloud from New York defended Clark and was leaned enough on the superstar to remove the ball from Clark and slightly repel Clark.
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Caitlin Clark (22) of Indiana Fever and Natasha Cloud (9) from the New York Liberty in a match on May 24, 2025, in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Ron Hoskins / NBAE via Getty Images)
A replay showed a cloud pushing his shoulder in the moment when the ball has detached.
But the referees did not whistle, and the game ended there.
Clark immediately turned to the officials for a fault and quickly started to cry when she realized that no fame was coming. His teammate, Sophie Cunningham, also approached the referees to protest the absence of a whistle.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Dribble Le Ballon fever in a match against the New York Liberty on May 24, 2025, in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (AJ Mast / NBAE via Getty Images)
The non-appeal may have prevented Clark from winning the game on the free throw line because the contact occurred on a shot beyond the 3-point arc. But it also cost Clark a chance in an important WNBA stage.
Clark, ending with 18 points, dropped only two points from a 20 -point match and 10 reimburses. It would have been the 11th in his career and the most by all the players in the history of the League. Clark is tied with Courtney Vandersloot with 10.
Cloud and The Liberty left with the very first start of 3-0 of the team for the defense of their title.
Cloud was frank on the back of physical games against Clark.
Caitlin Clark of Indiana Fever in a match against New York Liberty on May 24, 2025. At Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (AJ Mast / NBAE via Getty Images)
During an interview on the “Podcast Pivot” with Ryan Clark in March, Cloud insisted that indignation in response to success on Clark was rooted in “racism”.
“It’s just a part of the game. There was no targeting, there was nothing. This story that was shot in” Oh, the veterinarians hate recruits. Recruits hate veterinarians. Veterinarians pursue some players. “These are all bulls —.
“He blew himself up,” Oh, they attack Caitlin Clark. “But no, we just play one of the best players in this league in the way any other best franchise player was played.”
