{"id":5376,"date":"2024-09-03T18:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5376"},"modified":"2024-09-03T18:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:31:03","slug":"wnba-fans-accuse-chicago-sky-of-targeting-to-hurt-caitlin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5376","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Fans Accuse Chicago Sky of Targeting To Hurt Caitlin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WNBA Fans Accuse Chicago Sky of Targeting To Hurt Caitlin Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WNBA\u00a0fans are not happy with the\u00a0Chicago Sky\u00a0after they seemed to purposely target\u00a0Indiana Fever\u00a0rookie\u00a0Caitlin Clark\u00a0during their showdown on Friday, August 31.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky were called for two Flagrant 1 fouls on Clark during the game, with the Fever guard falling to the floor in both instances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inread\"><\/div>\n<p>During the third quarter of the contest, Chicago forward\u00a0Michaela Onyenwere collided with Clark and caused her to fall while she was taking a 3-pointer. While it didn\u2019t look like Onyenwere had any ill intention towards Clark, she was still called for a Flagrant 1 for the dangerous move.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Onyenwere didn\u2019t give Clark any landing space, and it would have been bad had she gotten injured during that play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michaela Onyenwere received a flagrant 1 for this foul on Caitlin Clark<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJbnWsuWCq\">pic.twitter.com\/MJbnWsuWCq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA Universe (@wnbauniverse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wnbauniverse\/status\/1829681537014775887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Several minutes later in the fourth quarter, it was Diamond DeShields who hit Clark with a hard foul. After the Fever All-Star got the ball off an\u00a0Aliyah Boston\u00a0steal, DeShields came rushing from behind and knocked her to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The foul came a few moments after Clark appeared to talk trash to the Sky. It\u2019s also worth noting that DeShields was called for a foul on the rookie playmaker prior to that. With that said, many accused the 29-year-old vet of taking her frustration out on Clark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\"><\/div>\n<p>Sure enough, fans took issue with the fact that two different Sky players hit Caitlin Clark with flagrant-level fouls. It sparked talks that Chicago did it on purpose to hurt the Fever\u2019s best player, while many others called out the Windy City franchise for being dirty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DeShields pretending like it was an accident to shoulder ram Clark at the end is crazy \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OitDQNHlWt\">pic.twitter.com\/OitDQNHlWt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd4a\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd58\ud835\udd58\ud835\udd6a\ud835\udd3e\ud835\udd66\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd64 (@Siggyv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Siggyv\/status\/1829699055284330988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngel Reese\u00a0and the Chicago Sky just tried to injure Caitlin Clark on three straight possessions in a blowout. Two of them were upgraded to Flagrant-1 fouls. It\u2019s time for the WNBA to investigate this team and the Sky\u2019s HC,\u201d\u00a0an X user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSky players are pathetic, cheap shots out of spite cause Clark is so popular and nobody gives a s**t about the Sky players, except Reese who is only popular because of Clark TBH. Player should be suspended indefinitely for such a flagrant cheap shot. Pathetic team and mentality,\u201d\u00a0a critic added.<\/p>\n<p>Another angry Fever fan said, \u201cWhy do announcers justify flagrant violence toward Clark by saying \u2018it\u2019s a basketball play?\u2019 Opposing players are using these so-called \u2018basketball plays\u2019 to commit egregious acts of violence against Clark under the cloak of it being a \u2018basketball play!\u2019\u00a0This has to stop!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inpage\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo flagrant fouls on Caitlin Clark. What does that say about the Chicago Sky??\u201d a\u00a0social media user chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth\u00a0commenter also pleaded\u00a0the WNBA to take action, \u201cWNBA leadership needs to crack down on this immediately. It shouldn\u2019t be happening to Caitlin Clark or anyone else. Flagrant foul? Ejection and fine, along with suspension \u2014 no questions asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever that player is who deliberately body checked Clark seems rather classless. Not a bball or a hustle play. It was flagrant. Jealousy is a sickness. Does anyone even know her name?\u201d another critic shared, referring to DeShields\u2019 hard foul.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjA4OTQ2MDIxMjg2MjkxMDU2\/usatsi_24115974.jpg\" alt=\"Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark against the Chicago Sky.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark against the Chicago Sky.<\/p>\n<p>Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the Fever will take action after the rather physical night that Clark had to endure. For what it\u2019s worth, Clark appeared to be just fine following the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Clark finished with 31 points, four rebounds and 12 assists in their 100-81 blowout of the Sky. The team improved to 16-16 on the season, climbing to sixth in the WNBA standings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; WNBA Fans Accuse Chicago Sky of Targeting To Hurt Caitlin Clark WNBA\u00a0fans are not happy with the\u00a0Chicago Sky\u00a0after they seemed to purposely target\u00a0Indiana Fever\u00a0rookie\u00a0Caitlin Clark\u00a0during their showdown on &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5376","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\/5376","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=5376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5378,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376\/revisions\/5378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}