After a review, the WNBA announced Thursday that Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas received a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty and a one-game suspension for “recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark.”
Thomas will serve her suspension on June 27, when the Mercury visit the Toronto Tempo.
The incident occurred around the six-minute mark of the second quarter during the Fever’s Wednesday night loss versus the Phoenix Mercury.
Clark would later exit the game in the third quarter with a back injury and not return.
Afterwards, Fever head coach Stephanie White blasted the officials for failing to call a foul and for not initiating a review.
“It’s absolutely egregious and utterly disrespectful…
“We spent all offseason looking at officiating, and I still say the one thing that we keep asking for is consistency. (Clark) is not called the same way as everybody else is called. The fist in the throat is crazy. It’s crazy. It’s dangerous. … When you have these things continue to happen time and time and time again, eventually it gets frustrating,” White said in postgame.
The Fever and Mercury will play each other again at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on July 9 in the final regular-season matchup between the two.
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