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The New York Liberty visited Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever connected Saturday. The reigning WNBA champions won 90-88 to support their grounds unblemished.
But overmuch of the chatter aft the crippled centered astir the game's officiating, peculiarly the past 10 seconds of the adjacent contest. While determination were astatine slightest 3 calls of enactment that favored the Liberty, the Fever's last possession seemed to gully the lion's stock of the attention.
Clark had possession with Indiana trailing by 2 with a accidental to tie. But New York defender Natasha Cloud knocked the shot distant from Clark. Referees did not stroke the whistle for a foul despite pleas from past year's WNBA reigning rookie of the year.
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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark reacts to the officiating during a crippled against the New York Liberty astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected May 24, 2025. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The referees' determination successful the closing seconds, and Clark's reaction, sparked mixed reactions crossed the sports world. CBS News New York sports anchor and newsman Steve Overmyer added his 2 cents during a caller broadcast.
"On the last play, Natasha Cloud comes up with the game-winning steal. Was it a foul? Take a person look," Overmyer said arsenic a replay of the infinitesimal was shown connected the broadcast.
"She got each ball. Clark tried to merchantability it similar she got deed by a sniper, but determination was nary foul, nary call," helium concluded.
Caitlin Clark (22) of the Indiana Fever and Natasha Cloud of the New York Liberty are shown during their crippled connected Saturday. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
Cloud besides blocked a changeable from DeWanna Bonner. Some observers argued Cloud made interaction with Bonner, not conscionable the ball, connected the play. However, officials did not telephone a foul connected the play.
Indiana caput coach Stephanie White took contented with Saturday's officiating. She described the non-call connected Bonner's changeable effort "egregious."
"I thought it was egregious, honestly. I thought it was obvious," White said.
Head manager Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Elsewhere, Fever defender Lexie Hull was whistled for a foul against New York's Sabrina Ionescu. Indiana could not usage 1 of their challenges for the play successful question due to the fact that they had already exhausted their timeouts.
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White offered her appraisal of the play.
"It was an violative subordinate veering into the antiaircraft player's path. We person to beryllium capable to play done it. But astatine the aforesaid time, I consciousness similar it's truly disrespectful," the manager said.
"There's a strategy to making definite we tin nonstop [concerns astir officiating] successful and pass our grievances, truthful to speak. I don't cognize that I ever consciousness similar the strategy works. We're not looking for a change, we're conscionable looking for consistency."
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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