{"id":4332,"date":"2024-08-16T02:19:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T02:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2024-08-16T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T02:19:32","slug":"video-phoenix-mercury-brutally-shade-caitlin-clark-ahead-of-fridays-rematch-against-her-bitter-rival-diana-taurasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4332","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Phoenix Mercury Brutally Shade Caitlin Clark Ahead Of Friday\u2019s Rematch Against Her Bitter Rival, Diana Taurasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/phoenix-mercury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a>\u00a0have stirred the pot ahead of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>\u2019s upcoming game against Diana Taurasi.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a>\u00a0will resume this Friday, and they aren\u2019t going the slow-boil route where matchups are concerned. They\u2019re pitting Clark and Taurasi against each other right away.<\/p>\n<p>There is a rivalry between the rookie and the veteran, though they probably won\u2019t admit it. But Taurasi would probably like to get one over the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Fever<\/a>\u00a0star in what could be their last game against each other unless they meet in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Clark snagged the bragging rights the last time they met and even helped the All-Star team beat Team USA ahead of the Olympics. The former Iowa Hawkeyes guard was not selected as an Olympian in what was a shocking decision, but Taurasi made the team and has since returned from Paris with gold.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-phoenix-mercury-wants-to-get-under-caitlin-clark-s-skin-in-the-buildup-to-their-upcoming-matchup\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Phoenix Mercury Wants To Get Under Caitlin Clark\u2019s Skin In The Buildup To Their Upcoming Matchup<\/h2>\n<p>The Mercury\u2019s chosen to stoke the flames ahead of their second matchup of the season,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@phoenixmercury\/video\/7403104036846603551?embed_source=121374463%2C121451205%2C121439635%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=brobible.com%2Fsports%2Farticle%2Fdiana-taurasi-caitlin-clark-wnba-phoenix-mercury-indiana-fever-rivalry-olympic%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7403104036846603551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posting a video to TikTok<\/a>\u00a0showing Taurasi knocking down several shots and a kid throwing shade at Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@phoenixmercury\/video\/7403104036846603551\" data-video-id=\"7403104036846603551\">\n<section><a title=\"@phoenixmercury\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@phoenixmercury?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@phoenixmercury<\/a> we\u2019ll take our six-time gold medalist any day of the week, thank you <a title=\"wnba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wnba?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WNBA<\/a> <a title=\"dianataurasi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dianataurasi?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DianaTaurasi<\/a> <a title=\"basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/basketball?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Basketball<\/a> <a title=\"phoenixmercury\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/phoenixmercury?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PhoenixMercury<\/a> (Inspo\ud83d\udcf1: @HoopScoop <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Phoenix Mercury\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7403104042064956191?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Phoenix Mercury<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It appears it doesn\u2019t matter to them that Caitlin Clark has a 1-0 record over her veteran rival. Then again, they\u2019re hoping that changes when they meet again on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it would be doubly embarrassing if the rookie goes up 2-0. She is the better rested of the two as she had a whole month off while Diana Taurasi was in France.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Phoenix Mercury\u00a0have stirred the pot ahead of\u00a0Caitlin Clark\u2019s upcoming game against Diana Taurasi. The\u00a0WNBA\u00a0will resume this Friday, and they aren\u2019t going the slow-boil route where matchups are concerned. They\u2019re pitting &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4334,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions\/4334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}