CAITLIN Clark was sent flying to the floor and three players were ejected during a brutal WNBA game Tuesday.
The Indiana Fever’s clash with the Connecticut Sun descended into chaos with two separate shocking incidents.
Caitlin Clark was sent flying to the ground in a heated WNBA game[/caption]
Clark clashed with Connecticut Sun guard Marina Mabrey[/caption]
She was poked in the eye by Jacy Sheldon and appeared to say something towards her rival[/caption]
The first saw Clark poked in the eye by a rival before words were exchanged between the pair.
And the Fever star was shoved to the ground as other Sun players rushed in.
Clark was being guarded by Jacy Sheldon in the third quarter of Tuesday’s game.
Sheldon caught Clark in the face when trying to battle for the ball.
The pair had words, and Clark’s comments were interpreted by fans on social media.
“I can do whatever the f**k I want to do,” Clark appeared to say.
Marina Mabrey and Tina Charles rushed in to defend their Sun teammate Sheldon.
And in doing so Clark was knocked to the floor.
Clark, Mabrey and Charles were hit with technical fouls while Sheldon was given a flagrant one.
But tempers boiled over again in the final minute with a shocking brawl.
Fever player Sophie Cunningham committed a hard foul on Sheldon as the Sun star went for a layup.
Players from both teams rushed over in ugly scenes with coaches and security forced to intervene.
Cunningham was immediately ejected while Sheldon and teammate Lindsay Allen were also given their marching orders.
The Fever won 88-71 to book a place in the Commissioner’s Cup championship game against the Minnesota Lynx.
But it was another on-court flash point involving Clark just a month into the WNBA season.
Officials lost control of the WNBA game as it descended into chaos[/caption]
Sophie Cunningham was one of three players ejected after a brawl in the final minute[/caption]
During the opening weekend, she was in an incident with long-time rival Angel Reese.
That led to a WNBA investigation after claims of fan abuse and racism towards Reese.
And Fever coach Stephanie White told referees they need to do a better job after losing control.
White said, “I started talking to the officials in the first quarter, and we knew this was going to happen.
“You could tell it was going to happen. So, they’ve got to get control of it. They’ve got to be better.”
