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Paige Spiranac is sticking up for Caitlin Clark after the Indiana Fever star was sent tumbling to the ground by a cheap shot from Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter on Saturday.
“Imagine bringing millions of new fans to the game which in turn will make every player more money and yet they treat you like this,” Spiranac wrote on X. “A rising tide lifts all boats.”
Carter blindsided Clark with a hip-check foul as Clark waited for an inbounds late in the third quarter of the Fever’s 71-70 win over the Sky after Carter made a basket.
Clark, 22, was interviewed on ESPN between the third and fourth quarters and took umbrage with the incident.
“Yeah, that’s just not a basketball play,” Clark said. “But you know, I’ve gotta play through it, that’s what basketball is about at this level. I thought we’ve been really physical, we’ve missed some bunnies around the rim, so hopefully, those fall in the fourth.”
Carter, 25, declined to address the incident during a postgame press conference.
“I ain’t answering no Caitlin Clark questions,” said Carter, who scored a game-high 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting.
Sky rookie Angel Reese, the former LSU star, stood up from the bench and applauded after Carter’s foul on Clark.
Clark had 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting, including 2-for-9 from 3-point range, with eight rebounds and six assists as the Fever improved to 2-8.
After becoming a superstar at Iowa and being a part of a series of television ratings records for women’s college basketball, Clark has brought more eyeballs to the WNBA after going No. 1 to the Fever in the draft.
The added attention has perhaps put a target on Clark’s back.
“I feel like I’m getting hammered, I don’t know,” Clark said after the Fever’s Thursday loss to the Storm, in which she and Victoria Vivians got in each other’s faces after Vivians appeared to shove Clark.
The Fever play the Liberty in Brooklyn Sunday night.
