Ever since the Indiana Fever’s 111-109 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on June 24, the Caitlin Clark-Alyssa Thomas incident has remained one of the WNBA’s biggest talking points. As fans continued to debate the controversial play and Alyssa Thomas gave her side of the story while facing mounting backlash,

Caitlin Clark called the Alyssa Thomas throat punch a flagrant foul and demanded the WNBA do better protecting players in a 5-minute statement.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark broke her silence following an on-court incident that led to a suspension for Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas.

Caitlin Clark gave a five-minute statement to reporters on the narratives that have grown out of a flagrant foul.

Amid ongoing fan backlash and a one-game suspension for Alyssa Thomas for a flagrant-2 foul on Caitlin Clark last week, the Indiana Fever star issued her first public comments about the situation on Friday.

Caitlin Clark averaged 21.9 points and 8.2 assists over 10 June games while setting a WNBA record by recording at least 20 points and five assists in six consecutive games.

The Fever star made her first comments in the wake of the WNBA’s suspension of Alyssa Thomas.

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