Natasha Cloud's late foul upgraded to FLAGRANT 1 for excessive contact | WNBA on ESPN

See the moment Natasha Cloud's foul on Katie Lou Samuelson was upgraded to a flagrant foul penalty 1 as the Phoenix Mercury fell late to the Indiana Fever
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[@antihero5203]

Even Bill Laimbeer said the Mercury were playing like a bunch of thugs.

[@LavaeCharles]

Lmao that makes it valid huh

[@natureredux1957]

@@LavaeCharles Something is seriously wrong with CC fans.

[@drewharris9977]

@@natureredux1957you lurk on Caitlyn Clark lol

[@cardellstewart5588]

i guess when you want to be a thug man who is really a woman this is the temperament you see, i wonder if cloud does his wife that way!!

[@cardellstewart5588]

Even brian griner opps mr britney when she shoved alyah that was a thug move, he wasnt doing all that posturing in russia where they should of left him

[@hughmanatee7657]

WNBA, the new roller derby.

[@brianmoore2897]

Totally!🤟

[@larryurbon9550]

Good one!

[@gkb757]

They wanna make this league so physical, it's like they do dumb fouls on purpose and then say well it's a physical league.

[@kamikazeekobra7187]

I'm here for it, nba gone soft

[@BenWick-oc8pv]

Dumb because at the time Mercury were in the lead. Shots and possession not a smart play

[@cvhinson1]

them bulesbians

[@kingkhalifa2702]

Can’t claim you were going for the ball if you make no contact with it. You give someone mini whiplash and mad at the call lol.

[@JohnSmith-gu6hf]

Doesn't matter if you are going for the ball. It is how you hit the other person. A head shot is a fragrant

[@Vtsnows]

It was pretty fragrant, it smelled like poo

[@longtabsigo]

Thugalicious behavior in any venue needs to be called out.

[@OGMillyMillz_]

Number 42 for the Mercurys looks like Tyga 😂😂

[@Wanteyt]

🤣

[@banbanchicken2808]

Hahaha stop...

[@antihero5203]

They should sent #42 back to Russia and make her polish some forks for a while.

[@jasonton87]

That dude is huge!

[@907kat]

That’s Griner who was arrested in Russia for having pot which caused an international incident; now she’s on the Olympic team again.

[@michaelcampbell8032]

I'm so grateful that Indiana Fever beat the Mercury on their own Court in front of all their fans go Indiana

[@jondough4682]

Those were Clark's fans.

[@RobVole1]

Probs 75% of the fans came to see CC and Fever.

[@YouMoreBestMed5737]

a similar foul by Cunningham to Clark should be flagrant too

[@tingmei1662]

she hit CC left shoulder so hard you could heard that slaps noise , and CC had her right hand on the play !

[@user-gh3hm7ih3i]

Natasha Cloud was very upset about the hard foul,then upgraded to a Flagrant Foul penalty 1, but she should be lucky that it wasn't a Flagrant Foul penalty 2,because Cloud would've been ejected from the game.

[@cardellstewart5588]

i guess when you want to be a thug man who is really a woman this is the temperament you see, i wonder if cloud does his wife that way!!

[@kenhernandez8128]

How many men are on the Phoenix team?

[@KenG826]

3 maybe 4 for sure 😂😂😂😂

[@Vtsnows]

I wouldn’t call them men, but I sure wouldn’t call them women. Shim maybe.

[@henryrodgers1752]

Thuggish play doesn’t attract fans.

[@JayCeeL4513]

But, but I was going for the ball. Sure Jan, her head looked like a ball.

[@jwwe1]

"There's levels to this thing.” ~Diana Taurasi~ 😂😂😂😂 Caitlin Clark is just too good!!

[@Trabunkle]

She slides her left forearm and hand to the back of the neck and pulls! That's flagrant!

[@kazario1269]

Referees tried so hard to give the game to Phoenix...

[@malasc12]

They lost the game because of this

[@ronelz999]

Griner's foul on AB should've been a flagrant too.

[@mikeholton3914]

doesn't anyone know how to coach the"hard foul" in the W, jeez we used to run drills on it, we put mats down for this, the plan was to go to the hole with the ball and the defender had to foul without letting the ball get above the shoulders without impacting the head. this was in the early 80s in high school. does anyone teach basics any more? you trap the arms, not the head...

[@DonaldBruceSmith]

Memo to Sides, Clark has the ball and draws two defenders, memo to Sides this means that there is a player open, memo to Sides, Clark gets the ball to them and guess what PTS are on the board Memo to Sides, pulling your number two rebounder Clark with 9 rebounds as a defensive move is almost as bad as dumping your number one defender.

[@tinagriggs143]

The sheer incompetence of Sides is truly breathtaking to behold.

[@DonaldBruceSmith]

@@tinagriggs143 Sides 'Not the sharpest tool in the shed" Magic Johnson JUST SHOCKED Everyone By Comparing Caitlin Clark To Larry Bird

[@FrankDrebbin-de3te]

Prison Ball

[@randyrisch188]

Why do they allow this thuggish behavior, clean it up. Let them sit for 30 days, no pay

[@fr57ujf]

Until these flagrant fouls result in ejection, they will continue. They are as effective as fining companies for crimes committed by their management.

[@808jonnysmith]

She will go to prison thinking she's innocent

[@Buttington_Headerson]

Looks like she already been lol

[@brkyq]

Under skilled players only way to compete is to injure the better skilled.

[@crazy.horse622]

Nate tried to land on Caitlin's feet after she made a logo three. I can also tell you Nate has practiced the move more than once. Pretty sick, really.

[@bchc8t]

Cloud doesn't walk,,, it lumbers 😂😂😂😂

[@Todd-zy6gg]

GRINER IS THE REASON WHY IM DONE WITH THIS LEAGUE

[@alejandraaraujo9664]

Is 42 a man?!?! Looks like one 😮

[@mark11967AD]

There has been too much dirty play in this league as compared to the men’s game since I started watching which admittedly has been pretty recently. Similarly in women’s college basketball same thing too many dirty plays and especially too much smack talk and hand gestures. That said.. I don’t regard this particular foul as necessarily dirty but I would have called it a flagrant also as it was restricting/making sure the body couldn’t rise to score as opposed to going after the ball.

[@ragectl]

That clown seriously going to try and argue with the refs that she was going for the ball after trying a hangman on Samuelson.

[@tc1952]

Yea, I would say a reaching elbow is flagrant. WNBA has been quite violent lately.

[@DaveNewman-po8hl]

Who knew?

[@Vtsnows]

Apparently baseball isn’t the only sport where it matters which way you swing

[@cowencleare8519]

She went for the ball she jus got faked out n didn’t want to give up the layup

[@mikeholton3914]

nobody gets that faked out

[@darrelljohnson5764]

@@mikeholton3914😂😂😂😂

[@crazy.horse622]

Wrong.

[@Subangelis]

Not with her left hand.

[@Vtsnows]

Cloud couldn’t even see the ball. Got shoulders like a dude.

[@invisibleman53]

That’s a bad called compared to Brittney Griner turning and forearming Boston in the face but not flagrant call there?

[@davidhello4777]

Without the flagrant foul calls, there isn't anything in place to keep the players safe.

[@troy6606]

She didn’t mean anything bad. it’s still flagrant1 cause you need to discourage players from not playing at the ball

[@Sweetersweet2006]

Yo let’s go fever

[@Scruface954]

Yall see Brian out there?

[@crazy.horse622]

I thought it was Bob. Bill? IDK

[@Vtsnows]

Jimmy and Mikey were there also

[@therealcraigsutton2740]

Number 0 is A Man 🤣🤣

[@danielpenchev9078]

Just call the travel and no need for review ...

[@JamesCrayton-nh3yl]

Actually she did not grab the neck her left hand slid off the back her right hand grabbed the forearm area

[@Subangelis]

She did grab her neck at the end. Doesn't matter where her hand started, just where it finished.

[@bigbertha8]

Looks like she could’ve gotten a piece of the ball had she been going for it instead of giving up on the play

[@harryhaller627]

Is this the WNBA or the NHL??

[@glaizalikespizza]

Caitlin Clark

[@Viper42104]

Notice its only CC being Flagrantly fouled? I also remember when Turasi started in the WNBA, they all treated her like a queen. NO ROOKIE HAS EVER ENDURED WHAT CC HAS ENDURED ON THE COURT.

[@larryurbon9550]

Let the NAACP ref the games

[@Samanthahogle]

clark aliya boston and michelle let’s go 😊❤

[@LOKISlog7]

Thugs be Thuggen

[@LavaeCharles]

Aka “I hate when black women play defense on our white girls we have to PROTECT THEM WITH OUR HONOR” ahh comment

[@og3081]

WS MAGA BE MAGAING !

[@cherylcarmouche4170]

And we gonna keep thug n

[@samuelneil2691]

Nappy headed thugs lol

[@crazy.horse622]

@@cherylcarmouche4170 Naaah. That style of play is circling the drain as we speak.

[@Robin-ng4lh]

Somebody tell me what actress Natasha Cloud looks like. I’m racking my brain and can’t think of the actress.

[@IndepenisDay]

Angela Bassett? Iono

[@crazy.horse622]

Are you sure it is an actress?

[@OmEvul1415]

You mean actor?

[@randyacuna5643]

The WNBA needs to clean up the physical fouls or they will be known as a thug league, a tag the NBA once had. And to their credit, the NBA did clean it up. And if Clark is injured from a cheap shot. It would be devastating to the league and the t v market. The WNBA cannot have this.

[@daletaliaferro6386]

Cloud had to go ghetto to defend Samuelson. She is a clouded conscience.

[@cardellstewart5588]

@daletaliaferro6386 i guess when you want to be a thug man who is really a woman this is the temperament you see, i wonder if cloud does his wife that way!!

[@Sir_8701]

It shouldnt be one at all

[@carlitosway6989]

Her neck grabbed my hand not a foul

[@randygraham926]

Samuelson has good form on her shot .... some of these WNBA shooters look like they're launching a bowling ball.🙂

[@popcorndeshawn326]

They still lost

[@eagleeye761]

yeah... that's not a basketball play...

[@sorgism]

Headlock

[@RoyalZealots]

Soft * Kobe Meme *

[@Sly-Regicide]

This why young players play off of 2 feet here. Great point. WHAT?

[@mikeholton3914]

yeah that comment didnt make a bit of sense

[@crazy.horse622]

She left off "...so that when people grab you by the head on a layup attempt, you are less likely to fall down." Lol.

[@Subangelis]

The point is young ambitious players jump at anything. Samuelson hadn't even started to jump when Cloud was already off her feet flying through the air, grasping at straws.

[@Sly-Regicide]

@@Subangelis That wasn't the whole game it was edited highlights. I figured there was a high probabilty I was taking it out of context considering I didn't hear what was said before or after BUT... it's more fun that way.

[@Sly-Regicide]

@@crazy.horse622 They Grab each other by the head on layups? That sounds dangerous. I tell my kids if it's time to foul on purpose give them a bear hug or pin their arms. But make sure they dont fall.

[@micro-jx8xb]

Physical means competing. Not having a tizzy fit like a baby hitting and pulling hair. First Reese now this Cloud. Very unprofessional.

[@DataComparison-jt9kj]

Great

[@rileyrussell7476]

Take it easy female Jimmy Butler...

[@user-ex9pk6yd9j]

Get some refs that can actually follow the game and not just rely on replay usage. Replay should be used as backup if questionable behavior but not primary source of calls.

[@cidpusa700]

Referee 16 does not belong in WNBA!

[@vincentgordon466]

WNBA needs to have these owners to start paying these women some MONEY!!!

[@edwardjohn1614]

Natasha Cloud = Drama Queen

[@donnyadityawan8991]

Bwahahahahaha… mercury sucks!!!!

[@dussa472]

Idk bout this one, it was bad defense for sure you can tell she over committed and bit hard on the fake but I think she went up with the intent of going for ball, you can see her grab for it but because of the pump and the player shielding the ball it looks bad

[@KenG826]

Let it go they lost 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sjay1253]

The mercury team is way too aggressive. It's not humorous. Kids watch and look up to the WNBA teams/players, and unsportsman like conduct on a regular basis from this team isn't ok. I don't like this team period 😒

[@AnimeAsLeaders998]

too much testosterones Natasha

[@hawk_tuahhh]

🐔

[@MishahTsarnae]

What happened to the quiet sport of woman's basketball/ like lil kids the more attention you give to this violence the more you'll see it

[@djlutz9443]

Zzzzzzzzz

[@bchc8t]

Thugn thugs

[@Jnoel608]

What lagrant lol, there was barely any contact. What am i missing?

[@mikeholton3914]

contact with the head. the rule is there it wasnt much buit it was clear there was no attempt at the ball. it was a proper call even if she didnt tear her head off

[@IndepenisDay]

Watch it again and notice she grabbed her head. Idk how to help you bro, pretty obvious

[@Jnoel608]

She was clearly jumping to contest the shot. And the Indiana player ducked.

[@SonGoku-yb3zm]

@@Jnoel608​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠LMAO, it’s always funny how people can watch a VIDEO and still come up with their own interpretation,🤣. She didn’t duck. Girl was going for the ball with her right but unfortunately. Not only did she cut the girl off. She jumped, using her left arm to grab her, then slid her hand to her neck and head pulling her down. Like get your eyes checked, seriously,🤣. No need to read replies.

[@besmart5328]

Good call

[@theamazingchannel470]

Ladies, please... don't ever get tattoos.

[@smoothoperator7023]

The prettiest, sexiest women in the world.....😍

[@DECEPTIONINDICATED]

Bogus call....

[@joketsu100]

😂

[@IndepenisDay]

Bruh...even Cloud knew it

[@KenG826]

Let it go they lost get over it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Paulafan5]

The announcer called it right away. That's a clearcut flagrant 1. Don't hit someone in the head. Period.

[@jimdoe3288]

Thug life

[@chris-tg1hv]

What is this - just attack white players time?

[@scottward7813]

Ghetto street ball

[@mariobautista8294]

the league should change their name to LGBTQIAWNBA

[@kenthecookieman]

I don’t see a flagrant. I do see a common foul though. As Cloud was going for the ball, Samuelson appears to stop her upward motion, duck down, tuck the ball in her left arm, instead of going up with the shot as Cloud anticipated. Cloud’s momentum took her pass Samuelson as she was still trying to get to the ball, but was more and more out position. In other words, Samuelson’s body was in between Cloud and the ball and Cloud couldn’t get to it. So her arms inadvertently were around her neck and shoulders(not choking her). I didn’t see any harm done or her hands actually touching her neck. It seems like Samuelson was unharmed in the process. I didn’t see her fall or pulled away with Cloud’s momentum. In the words of Clark, It is what it is. 😁 Glad nobody was hurt.

[@KenG826]

Doesn't matter what you saw the games over call was called let it go buddy let it go there be another game 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kenthecookieman]

⁠@@KenG826I never claimed what I said mattered to the wnba, just like none of our comments matter. I have just as much right to voice my opinions as you or anyone else does. So don’t tell me to let it go after I just made one comment.

[@KenG826]

@@kenthecookieman ✌️✌️

[@drb5003]

When CC wins she gets all the credit but when they lose they blame her coach and teammates.😂😂

[@kenthecookieman]

It’s crazy, it’s it?

[@Paulafan5]

Her teammates aren't very good compared to teams like Phoenix.

[@haqctrix]

Women can't control their emotions

[@JeffYoutsey]

Natasha done good !

[@elfeo1js]

Lame call. The actual hand that touched her first was to hold her so she wouldn't get an easy basket.

[@robertgoss7355]

Lesbian prison rules

[@cherylcarmouche4170]

If they dont like it they can go play overseas

[@ThomasManiscalco-cb9fl]

Is this basketball or monkies at the circus

[@leslieroberts4130]

Ignorant.

[@doubleseven1078]

At least 2 bio males on Mercury. So women CAN beat men in bball. Now we know.

[@TheSmokeGoblin]

How is that a foul. go play a real sport

[@janicebradley9406]

Lmao this is a joke wow. Those people are so soft!!😅

[@KameronParkesJohnson]

That was barely a foul. It was a foul but the contact was minimal. It’s good to see some of the insanity going towards a different player though. Usually it’s CC that gets the unusual undeserved “special” whistle. Down with MAGA and CC fans. The W doesn’t need all these yt supremacist fans.

[@jimpuglisi7973]

Goon

[@davethompson8283]

This is the way black players play...

[@davethompson8283]

They can't beat them playing fairly so they cheat..

[@machinegungonzerella4310]

Wanna be men league