WNBA Upholds Caitlin Clark's 5th Technical, Triggering $1,000 Fine
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 24
WNBA Upholds Caitlin Clark's 5th Technical, Triggering $1,000 Fine
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 24
Summary
$1,000 in fines will be imposed on Caitlin Clark after the WNBA declined to rescind the fifth technical she drew in Monday's win over Phoenix.
Clark said official Gerda Gatling told her the technical was for “clapping and instigating” during a fourth-quarter altercation involving multiple Fever and Mercury players.
Five technicals leave Clark three short of the league's automatic one-game suspension threshold of eight, tying her with Angel Reese for the most in the WNBA.
The decision stood despite past reversals for clapping-related technicals, including one for Paige Bueckers earlier this season, and comes before Indiana faces Phoenix again Wednesday night.