{"id":4950,"date":"2024-08-29T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:38:09","slug":"caitlin-clark-had-everyone-talking-about-her-scary-reaction-after-getting-bulldozed-by-a-connecticut-sun-player-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4950","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Had Everyone Talking About Her Scary Reaction After Getting Bulldozed By A Connecticut Sun Player (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas trucked\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Fever<\/a>\u00a0rookie\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>\u00a0in the third quarter of Wednesday\u2019s game, but if she thought she hurt her, she was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever rookie phenom has had her fair share of bumps and bruises throughout her first\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a>\u00a0campaign, but the WNBA break at the Olympics certainly helped her get a bit stronger as the season progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Clark was trying to chase a Sun player in the third quarter when Connecticut center Alyssa Thomas came up and laid her out with a vicious pick.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark hit the court hard after making contact with Thomas\u2019 right shoulder.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alyssa Thomas laid Caitlin Clark out \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sezcDkRzIw\">pic.twitter.com\/sezcDkRzIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA Rookie Watch (@WNBARookieWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNBARookieWatch\/status\/1828951202735759776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the hard shot, Clark did not have to leave the game at all. In fact, she could be seen with a scary reaction as she stuck her tongue out to the crowd to let them know she was a warrior.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caitlin Clark goes tongue out to the crowd after taking a hard shot.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a bad woman! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PltzsBNSAa\">pic.twitter.com\/PltzsBNSAa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1828959775251460142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the game, Caitlin Clark was asked about the concerning hit she took during the contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever rookie phenom admitted that it \u201churt\u201d but wasn\u2019t shocked by it since basketball can be quite the physical sport.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-caitlin-clark-previously-spoke-on-hitting-the-weight-room-and-getting-stronger\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caitlin Clark Previously Spoke On Hitting The Weight Room And Getting Stronger<\/h2>\n<p>Not for the first time this season, Caitlin Clark found herself on the end of some brutal shots in her rookie year.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever hosted the Connecticut Sun when the rookie was caught by a hefty bodycheck and sent crashing to the court during the game.<\/p>\n<p>The violent move came from Connecticut center Alyssa Thomas and was called a common foul.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Cark wasn\u2019t hurt and wouldn\u2019t leave the game.<\/p>\n<p>Things have changed since she first started her WNBA career.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>Taking hits and being pushed around was the reason why she decided to hit the weights and get bigger.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m small, but I try to hold my own the best I can,\u201d Clark told reporters earlier this month, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/author\/andrew-crane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Crane<\/a>\u00a0from the New York Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026 I don\u2019t know, I think I\u2019m discreetly strong. I\u2019m never gonna be the strongest person. I know that. I try to put on some weight, and I\u2019ve been working hard in the weight room. Obviously, there\u2019s some limits to that and what I can do, obviously being in the season, but over the course of the last three weeks or so, we\u2019ve all been going pretty hard in the weight room.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas trucked\u00a0Indiana Fever\u00a0rookie\u00a0Caitlin Clark\u00a0in the third quarter of Wednesday\u2019s game, but if she thought she hurt her, she was wrong. 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