{"id":8406,"date":"2024-09-23T16:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8406"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:54:38","slug":"video-caitlin-clark-hit-in-eye-no-foul-on-dijonai-carrington-indiana-fever-vs-connecticut-sun-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8406","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Caitlin Clark HIT IN EYE, NO FOUL on Dijonai Carrington | Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark HIT IN EYE, NO FOUL on Dijonai Carrington | Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>Video here:<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caitlin Clark HIT IN EYE, NO FOUL on Dijonai Carrington | Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun WNBA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DW8AjbzpYUk?feature=oembed\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Photo of Caitlin Clark\u2019s Eye After Hit to the Face Alarms WNBA Fans<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark\u00a0and the\u00a0Indiana Fever\u00a0found themselves in a physical battle against the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0playoffs on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>During the first half of Game 1 in Connecticut,\u00a0Clark was\u00a0poked in the eye\u00a0by Sun star DiJonai Carrington. After Clark was poked in the eye, the rookie hit the deck and was seen holding her face.<\/p>\n<p>While Clark was checked by her teammates and potentially by the medical staff on the sideline, she was deemed okay to play.<\/p>\n<p>Following the play, one fan posted a picture of Clark on social media with the caption \u201cWHAT,\u201d and Fever reporter Chloe Peterson, who was in attendance for Game 1, mentioned that a black eye was forming on Clark\u2019s right eye.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the play that caused the bruising:<\/p>\n<p>WNBA fans were immediately worried about Clark\u2019s eye, commenting on the photo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t brlieve that was a no call,\u201d said one fan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like it\u2019s getting worse too.\u201d mentioned one fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they didn\u2019t even call it, man it\u2019s not a good look for wnba,\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cand they didn\u2019t even call it a foul.\u201d commented one fan.<\/p>\n<p>Clark struggled in the 93-69 loss, finishing the game with 11 points, four rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie had a solid showing on the defensive end, posting one block and three steals, but Clark shot 24.5% from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Clark entered the playoffs averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game. She led the 2024 rookie class in average points and led the WNBA in average assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Fever will look to bounce back in Game 2 on Wednesday, Indiana\u2019s elimination game. If they were to extend the series, Game 3 would be played in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Caitlin Clark HIT IN EYE, NO FOUL on Dijonai Carrington | Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun WNBA. Video here: . . Photo of Caitlin Clark\u2019s Eye After Hit &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8406","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\/8406","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=8406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8408,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8406\/revisions\/8408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}