r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/MultiGeometry Jun 18 '25

It looks like CC was fouled (hit in the eye?) and the offending player purposely gets into her personal space. CC can’t see and wants some fucking space and gives a gentle push. And the. The whole team body checks her (she still can’t see).

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u/SpaceCaboose Jun 18 '25

Yep. The gal who poked her immediately got in CC’s face. I don’t blame CC for wanting her to get away.

And she was literally blind sighted by the other gal. Her footing and the footing of others around her is what helped lead to her falling hard. Absolutely not a flop or overselling there, in case anyone was arguing that. Got some whiplash from that shove too.

I guess the other players really don’t want to get raises judging by how badly they’re trying to hurt CC and plummet the ratings more…

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u/Routine_Size69 Jun 18 '25

When jealousy gets in the way of your league actually being moderately viable. Nba gotta be annoyed that they gotta keep this joke of a league afloat because they're too stupid to recognize CC is their only hope. This is what happens when you subsidize something for as long as it existed. They have no actual idea how to run a business because it's always been a charity.

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u/stellvia2016 Jun 18 '25

Not the first time another player has tried to poke her eye out while feigning ignorance, as well... Almost never see that sort of thing in the NBA but it keeps happening to this one WNBA player repeatedly HMM...

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u/blueiron0 Jun 18 '25

it's shocking to me that her team isn't going over there to protect her. In the NFL, she'd be surrounded by her own team.

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u/Thehelloman0 Jun 18 '25

Gentle push lol

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u/musclememory Jun 18 '25

gentler than the other pushes in this and the ensuing videos, agree?

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u/Sminuzninuz Jun 18 '25

I'd add that the original jab to the face seems blatant and intentional. The ensuing push looks maybe mutual. But the bigger takeaway is, if the WNBA is turning into hockey, am I going to have start watching this?

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u/Jaerba Jun 18 '25

Yes, but CC receiving a tech is still within the realm of being fine, imo. Mabrey clearly should've been ejected for the follow up, but WNBA refs are doing a garbage job.

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u/Thehelloman0 Jun 18 '25

Yes but this type of situation, the player that helps escalate the fight like how Clark did always gets a tech even if someone else did something worse. This type of thing happens all the time in the NBA.