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    Fever Coach Christie Sides Made Her Thoughts On Caitlin Clark's Technical Foul Vs. Seattle Extremely Clear

    By Nick Meyer,

    2024-08-19

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    Indiana Fever Head Coach Christie Sides has taken her fair share of criticism for the Fever's losing record this season.

    On Sunday, Sides' team vanquished the Seattle Storm in a 92-75 win that saw Fever rookie Caitlin Clark pile up 23 points, nine assists and five rebounds.

    The Fever are now in the driver's seat for a WNBA playoff spot despite their 13-15 record, a testament to Sides' team's perseverance.

    Sides spoke at the Fever's post-game press conference about a controversial technical foul that was given to Clark after she punched the basketball stanchion at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in frustration.

    She noted that Clark was not given a technical foul previously after taking her frustrations out on a stanchion and shared her thoughts on her star player's unbridled show of emotion.

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    "I wanted our coaches to find what exactly happened," Sides said. "I didn't see what she did to get that. She was frustrated and she hit the pad on the rim, I mean she's done that several times and we've never...I don't think she's been teed up for that.

    "So, you know, I'm not, (if) that's the way she gets her frustration out I have absolutely no problem with that, it didn't affect anybody, it wasn't towards anything.

    "So we just have to be consistent on that call, I mean, that hadn't been a technical on her before."

    Related: Skip Bayless Shares Bold Warning For WNBA After Caitlin Clark's Big Game Vs. Mercury

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    WhyMeRightNow
    08-22
    The Seattle Storm, didn’t have a problem beating the Indiana Fever, three (3) consecutive games, earlier this season, 85-83, 103-88 & 89-77; and didn’t pull their starters, back then. Even worse, didn’t show any sportsmanship after the game, as Caitlin Clark was looking at that team to see if they would shake hands after that win. Now that the Fever are winning games and beating teams that have winning records over 500, like the Seattle Storm, they have a problem losing to Caitlin Clark and the new and improved Indiana Fever, who beat the Storm 103-88. Now, the Storm are whinnying and crying foul, and that the Fever, should’ve pulled their starters, since the game was literally over, in the Storm’s eyes. The pettiness from the Seattle Storm’s coaches and players, was despicable, to say the least. Well, they better get use to the Fever, being competitive. Because they’re coming and a WNBA championship is definitely within their reach, and they’re putting the league on notice!
    Kenneth Wagner
    08-21
    I think women’s basketball especially the WNBA is quickly moving into a strong position in the eyes of women fans and a lot of men are now noticing. The sky is the limit for women’s basketball. That being said the refereeing is nowhere near the class of the women’s play. That needs to be addressed soon.
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