Caitlin Clark, Christie Sides & Kelsey Mitchell COMPLAIN about the Sun's DIRTY playing style

[@antoninofratta7979]

that is not dirty "physicality first" cartel as usual, it's a criminal act to be sued in court

[@donalderickson3466]

WNBA isn’t worth watching if carrington isn’t suspended for the series at least

[@1Ggirl1959]

It's getting really hard to watch. It should be enjyable, not infuriating!

[@sandra701]

Ms Clark has given the WNBA all, but her life itself. It’s beyond time for her to throw in the towel and allow the WNBA to return to its previous status. Sweden would love to have Ms Clark and her strategic skills and quickness. The WNBA isn’t worth Clark’s life! Get Clark’s eye checked and allow her to move on the happier ground! WNBA is undeniably using Clark for revenue only.

[@MaryMartinez-ob2mk]

I agree with your comment, I'm worried about CC, one of these so called women on the WNBA want to really hurt CC so she can not play anymore. Sweden is a great idea! (✌🏻)

[@northstarmind1049]

Yes CC...: *Begone* !!... Go to Sweden!!... It looks more like Iowa!!: if you know what I meannn... So the rest of us can be done with "The Great Whyte Hope/Hype" WNBA basketball & we can just get back to watching the game!...: without "the kulture whars". Your klanbois fans act like you're the only whyte player in the WNBA! But you'll be much happier in Sweden -- among 'your own kind'.

[@AntDavis-de7lt]

😂😂😂😂😂 but her eye lost by 20 something

[@sheesshhhhhh]

Absolutely not her leaving would be a win for the haters

[@sheesshhhhhh]

​@@AntDavis-de7ltwhat?

[@hungdinh9292]

Lets call it what it is. The ref cheats. They poke my eyes on purpose and i am quiting.

[@wtf.................]

Or maybe she just sucked

[@RobertDalimonte-ew7rl]

I agree!! I can't believe how that thuggish creep Dejonnaise who deliberately slipped in that cheap shot on Caitlin Clark, practically poking out her eye, and nothing was done about it!!

[@Bluzmn]

This entire league is a crapfest. I have tried this year to watch the "greatest women basketball players in the world." Bad basketball, unlikable players and coaches, the worst officiating I have ever seen (incompetent or crooked?) and a non-stop, poorly-written soap opera. I, and a LOT of other people I know who tried it this season, won't be back next year.

[@Toni-oy5gu]

Ok Fever, you know what you're up against. Time to as KM said, "get more physical".

[@Deploracle]

Its rare that Caitlin can't look at the reporter when answering.

[@chhansen9813]

WNBA physicality = dirty basketball/rugby

[@Jeh110]

Come on- Taurasi and BG are dirty players. Other than the eye ball thing, I thought it was accidental in the play of the game- the game wasn’t dirty. Physical to the allowable limits.

[@chhansen9813]

@@Jeh110

[@Jeh110]

@@chhansen9813 Not any more I am not😉 Retired HS basketball ref - 30 years. I know a little 😊

[@chhansen9813]

@@Jeh110 Yea right! HS ref? LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jeh110]

@@chhansen9813 A T H L E T E

[@alexiscustodio192]

The Fever seem to have forgotten to help and play for each other... Hope they find their groove again...

[@ldd9672]

They maul CC and the eye swipe totally intentional

[@Toni-oy5gu]

CC ru ok? Those hits going to have an affect. Be well.❤

[@swgroove]

If they look like they are going to lose this next game, either CC or someone else on the team needs to take things into their own hands take Carrington out. Just go for any joint and end this nonsense!!!! I don't think anyone would look poorly on CC for retaliating finally. Like honestly, how on earth did not a single team member fo after Carrington when that happened? They literally continued the play...ad to make it worse, DC was the one who scored the basket while CC was on the floor. No timeout from the coach????? This is all BS. And this isn't just for Clark. This is for all of the players. It's insane. And the whole fake nails thing in a game setting. Those are weapons, as we've seen last night.

[@KimHrabar]

When Clark goes over seas. The fans will follow . The wnba will go back to commercial flights, and nobody will be watching, again. Their life as a league will only be around as long as the NBA. subsidizes them.

[@tommyjones8290]

Christie Sides should not return next year in my opinion. She does not back her players! All she does is criticize and blame her team. She is not the right fit for this team in my opinion. Carrington should be suspended and Smith should be benched.

[@MrAlanpdunning]

They are dirty, dirty players!!!!

[@northstarmind1049]

"Dirty Debutantes", huh?...

[@HipHopOverEverthing]

its basketball bro. You have to be physical. Sometimes people turn into Denis Rodman, Metta World Peace and Draymond Green. Thats just how the game is played. Isaiah Thomas Piston use to beat the shiiii out of Jordan but he punished them on the scoreboard. Catlin will overcome all of this but she don't need you all crying for her. She got it and she is built to last. Training her whole life for this moment. Wait until next season, she will be 100 times better.

[@andrewganner6581]

​@@HipHopOverEverthingnot when you got false nails on and deliberately swipes at cc

[@stern12akachris32]

There is no team that needs a enforcer more then the Fever . They need that person to come in and do a beat down when the run into games like this. Right now they run this beautiful offense that 95% of the time is fine. But for games like this they need that one person that has the other team complaining about how Physical the Fever is

[@johnraymond9170]

The problem I kept seeing was that there was too much standing around on both ends. If you’re not moving on offense without the ball, you’re just allowing the other players to rest. Way too much of that!

[@ronwheeler7788]

Who in the hell would wear fake eyelashes and long fingernails while playing basketball. That chick looked ridiculous. Hey everyone look at me

[@tgoodman757]

She didn't have on long nails though

[@sky-booth]

WNBA has been physical so what .. the same physicality as usual ..

[@gilliancox340]

CT did not play hard enough. They have to come out stronger, tougher and running. Brianna has to show up and show up strong. CT has to play harder. They can do much better.

[@Deploracle]

Personally I don't like my women's basketball to be played like men's ball. I want to see feminine women play respectfully. No tatts, no butch, no thug ... I want a product that any young girl in America can safely emulate. If that isn't something the WNBA can produce .. then I wish them luck (because they will need it without the NBA's $50M annual contribution).

[@BruceWayne-sf2de]

sides is stupid. Everyone knew they come with aggressiveness so side should have prepared the team for that.

[@davidpatha]

CC needs protection sides will never protect her Kelsey understands she needs to up it up coach is sold !!!

[@Jeh110]

It was a little more physical than the fever plays. Sorry but it’s the playoffs- expect the envelope to be pushed.

[@Jeh110]

And I didn’t think they were complaining- they were just saying

[@davidpatha]

You are going back to when wnba was … existence 😢

[@davidpatha]

Sides is sold ??? Look at her body language???

[@hasandelee]

Its called playoff basketball. You get away with more but non of you have been there so you wouldn't know 😂

[@francishooper9548]

The rules are the same and the refs continue to ignore fouls on Clark and the rest of the fever.

[@patricklarson7564]

Tell that to Aliyah Boston, called for a foul for just standing there

[@SynthMan65]

Well, since you've been there, would you care to share with us the WNBA team you played for? It's funny how the WNBA somehow has this strange mystic that only seems to occur in this league. What's even funnier is that the millions of people who actually know basketball somehow don't have a clue about hoops when watching a WNBA game. The reason is, it's NOT real basketball at all. It's prison pickup ball. The inmates are allowed to date one another with no regard to a conflict of interest. They are allowed to wear fake fingernails in a semi-contact sport. They tolerate incompetent referees and official scorers. And worst of all, some basketball courts still bare the Black Lives Matter logo of a self-proclaimed Marxist organization whose been proven to have no interest whatsoever in the black community other than to profit off of them like politicians do. Aren't you feeling used yet??? 😂

[@marvs4321]

You don’t know who’s played and at what level and even if someone has never played a game, if they are a longtime fan, they can tell good basketball from poor basketball. You don’t have. to be a cat to know what a cat is.

[@its_b_5337]

the refs were horrible in this game. Sides should be fuming.

[@MP-bk5sf]

It was a dirty as hell game. Clark is always a class act. Wish I could say the same for Carrington. What an a-hole. It shouldn't be controversial for all athletes to cut their nails super short. Clark isn't perfect- should've gotten a flgrant 1 herself. But Carrington gotta go.

[@CAS482]

The Sun took CC out of her two spots on the floor that she normally hit those 3 pointers constantly

[@darrylanderson4764]

Get the prisoners home president

[@Berlinwood27]

BO3 to a team thats new is a really steep hill to overcome. But format is strictly due to WNBA viewership sadly

[@hasandelee]

its not really because of that. its because of the limited number of teams. the nba is an example of this, in the 80's they played nearly the same format

[@Berlinwood27]

@@hasandelee Less teams have no correlation to a best of 3 format. The only competitive reason of it not being more is costing more to run a longer series, and the NBA switched off BO3's in 2003 when they already had 30 teams so clearly it meant nothing . Pointing out limited number of teams made 0 sense lol do some research

[@RobertDalimonte-ew7rl]

Caitlin Clark's trying to downplay the way her eye injury hindered her ability to make shots, but it *obviously *did hinder her ability to make shots!! That thuggish creep Dejonnaise deliberately slipped in that cheap shot on Caitlin Clark, and nothing was done about it!! Indiana Fever caoch Christie Sides has to motivate her team to execute a much more aggressive defense and also has to motivate her team to rebound a lot more on both ends of the court!!

[@whathappensnext2212]

In Christie’s words “at the end of the day, it’s not about the officiating”. In Aliyah’s rookie season she learned quickly about the physicality and spoke about the difference from college to pro, She now hits back or hit first. Holding Bri Jones to 4 pts was a big deal. . They have to adjust, get some dawg mentality and move on and like KM said take accountability and look forward to the next one.

[@rollandchapin5308]

Christie is doing much better as a coach, and leader. The measure of a person's character is how they handle a "Reverse" This Fever Ladies look good. I look forward to the next game....Crunch Time

[@jeffreym8503]

The measure of a person's character is how they deal with adversity not " a reverse" unless you are talking about playing uno lol

[@Daryl-y9y]

Really lol dirty playing 😂... Smh

[@tiffinhappy9744]

Play like the other team plays you. Constant shoving and pushing. If they are only calling it one sided just walk off. Enough is enough. Play thug basketball like they do!

[@darrylanderson4764]

And don't go home and kick the dog

[@mrsdebhutchinson7394]

Thanks for telling the truth Caitlyn. It was some US and some other factors.. listen to your player.. and the score .Come on now...

[@flyfishingbrowngirl9185]

This is the playoffs😂get used to it

[@tellitlikeitis1828]

So the rules don’t count and cheating is ok?

[@patricklarson7564]

Alyssa Thomas - stiff arms player while driving to the basket no foul Aliyah Boston in the general vicinity of a play - Flagrant 2

[@trutherjay8447]

@@tellitlikeitis1828life a game but it’s not fair I break the rules so idc

[@marvs4321]

Yeah this is the playoffs, the unnecessary extremely physical bad basketball that masquerades as physical play is at an even higher, uglier level.

[@MPARNELL]

So happy Indiana season will be over come Wednesday 💯

[@darrylanderson4764]

CC like a moster indiana to pull the series out, that is what all wnba players do, like Tina Charles

[@HipHopOverEverthing]

Its basketball. You have to be physical. Sometimes people turn into Denis Rodman, Metta World Peace and Draymond Green. Thats just how the game is played. Isaiah Thomas Piston use to beat the shiiii out of Jordan but he punished them on the scoreboard. Catlin will overcome all of this but she don't need you all crying for her. She got it and she is built to last. Training her whole life for this moment. Wait until next season, she will be 100 times better.

[@AldrennaWilliams]

This is the WNBA. Physical play is the norm. Stop whining and making excuses. White also outcoached Sides.

[@francishooper9548]

Sides is always out coached but the refs ignored blatant fouls by the sun and called fouls that did not exist on the fever.

[@tellitlikeitis1828]

Who’s whining or making excuses? Why can’t you people be honest or objective? They didn’t even blame the refs. “This is the WNBA”. That’s true, and it is thug ball and crappy basketball. play within the rules.

[@SynthMan65]

Translation: This is the WNBA where we substitute skill with physicality. That's why nobody watched this garbage league for 27 years. If you want your league back, just have one of your thug ballers, and there are so many to choose from, finally take out the one player who's gotten you the big TV deals, commercial flights, sold out arenas wherever she plays. You'll be back to the good ol' days in one season. Oh, and don't think those new TV deals won't have stipulations in them because everyone sees exactly what's going on in this toxic league of pretend basketball. 😂😂😂 White out-coached Sides. Yeah, like that's some feat of genius. Fever fans know that Lin Dunn is running a jobs program for Christie Sides. A high school coach could out-coach Sides.

[@marvs4321]

@@SynthMan65Well said. Nobody watched this league for years so they basically did whatever they wanted. They turned basketball into thugball, they complained about money when nobody came to watch them play, they were poor role models from young women and children, they promoted the alphabet agenda over improving their product, they pandered to players of a certain orientation and attitude, they would not listen to ANYone who suggested a way to improve their attendance and they continued to take money from the NBA without providing their owners with anything other than a tax writeoff. And when they finally get eyes on them everyone sees what they are all about, they are intent on squandering the opportunity to get many of things ehy have been begging for because they refuse to change one little bit. And that’s just the players, the regs are a another complete disaster. As are the reporters that cover the games.

[@Deploracle]

15% of league flagrant fouls was committed against just one player. Physicality isn't the norm for everyone, apparently.

[@destiny8907]

Fever seems to want to play dirty and when they get it back they cry

[@wbazile]

You got the doors blown off. Clark is the last person to talk about fouls after she hit carrington in the face.

[@colleenposadas8415]

She couldnt see well after her eye was gouged out

[@wabonekaoitsile8433]

@@colleenposadas8415 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaybavis5896]

🥴😵😵‍💫😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭this team cry cry cry they keep bumping me . They foul me . They push me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@davek6985]

I guess getting stabbed in the eye by a thug player is the norm in WNBA. not

[@jaybavis5896]

There going to freaken lose. Your talking about freaken stats . Stop crying

[@tlb2970]

Who’s crying!

[@darrylanderson4764]

It's carry the babies time 🎉

[@HonestLeighSpeaking]

Smhh. She got Clark in the eye, and then Clark got her in the eye so hard that she knocked her contact lens out… This is the playoffs, people will play tougher, as long as they don’t play dirty that is OK.🫡 mark my words… Clark is going to come out the next game, trying to shoot the lights out and if they go back to Indiana, the fever will win the series

[@chhansen9813]

Oh BS, thats not how it happened! You people are such liars

[@zackey25]

Caitlin Clark gets a black eye but Carrington loses her eyes. This is hilarious..... Hahaha lol

[@northstarmind1049]

Carrington shudda rolled all over the floor for the next 5 minutes like CC did... *Hahaha* !!... Caitlin really *SELLLING IT* again...: *"OHHH!! OHHH!! OHHH!!...: MY EYYYE!!... I'M HIT!!... I'M HIT!!... MEHDIC!!... MEHDIC"* !!... I hear *"The Theme From Platoon"* strings... *Hahahaha* !! "But", the announcer says, "surprisingly Caitlin's right back on the court!"... Yeahhh, "surprisingly..." Give CC an *Oscar* while she's at it...

[@calicoe99]

@northstarmind1049 DJC dug her long fingernails into CC’s eyes coming down from a jump you clown. She could have seriously injured her.

[@tommyjones8290]

Christie Sides should not return next year in my opinion. She does not back her players! All she does is criticize and blame her team. She is not the right fit for this team in my opinion. Carrington should be suspended and Smith should be benched.