Can’t blame flopping this time.
Caitlin Clark and DiJonai Carrington traded shots again Sunday night, with Clark getting the last word as the Indiana Fever star poured in 37 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and 10 assists in a 113-90 dismantling of the Chicago Sky.
The dominant performance eliminated the Sky from playoff contention as the surging Fever sit firmly in third place in the playoff standings.
In the second quarter when the game still very much hung in the balance, Clark lined up her patented stepback 3-pointer with Carrington trailing behind her.
When Clark drilled the shot to give the Fever a 36-34 lead, she had some words for Carrington as they jogged back to the other side of the floor.
Just prior to that, Carrington appeared to claim that Clark was flopping and mimicked an exaggerated reaction to contact for the referee.
The Fever led by just six points entering the fourth quarter before the Fever broke the Sky’s back on a massive run to end the game.
Carrington gave Clark a little shoulder check, and Clark just let go with it as she’d go on to dominate the rest of the game.
The rivalry between Carrington and the Fever is well documented as bad blood has flooded the last few games involving Carrington, Clark and role-playing guard Sophie Cunningham.
Carrington previously poked Clark in the eye in 2024 while Carrington was with the Connecticut Sun.
Though things really came to a head on Aug. 8, just a few weeks ago, when Carrington fouled Cunningham hard on a fast-break layup with Carrington coming from behind and hitting her in the neck and head area.
Carrington was assessed a flagrant one on the floor before it was upgraded to a flagrant two and she was ejected.
After her ejection, Carrington posted on X, “WHITE PRIVILEGE” to add to the controversy.
The game had plenty of action, including a bizarre cameo appearance by Enes Freedom (formerly Enes Kanter), as the Sky’s Natasha Cloud screamed at him while he sat courtside.
Freedom was ejected from the game as a bystander in a heated moment as he petitions to be in the league as a form of protest for the WNBA’s transgender policies.
The Sky were outscored 30-13 in the fourth quarter in what wound up being a blowout.
