Fever's Clark says she was fined for ref comment

HENDERSON, Nev. -- Indiana Fever prima Caitlin Clark was fined $200 for a remark connected societal media wherever she criticized officiating from the team's caller playoff bid triumph implicit the Atlanta Dream, according to Clark.

"Got fined $200 for this lol," Clark posted connected X with laughing emojis, referring to a screenshot of an Instagram remark wherever she wrote "Refs couldn't halt us."

Got fined $200 for this lol😂😂😂😂😂BENCH MOB WILL BE EVEN MORE ROWDY TOMORROW LETS GOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! @IndianaFever https://t.co/vO6OkDyfqU

Clark, who was ruled retired for the play owed to wounded connected Sept. 4, drew attraction to the substance astatine Fever signifier connected Saturday, shouting to reporters from crossed the gym, "Hey everybody, spell look astatine my tweet!"

"that's gonna truly interruption the slope for her," Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham -- who has besides been fined aggregate times this play for criticizing the reds -- posted connected X. "starting a GoFundMe now!"

The officiating was a large taxable of speech during the first-round bid betwixt the No. 6 Fever and No. 3 effect Dream. At slightest 36 fouls were called successful each game, including 43 successful Game 1.

The Fever yet upset Atlanta acknowledgment to a come-from-behind, 87-85 triumph successful the decisive winner-take-all Game 3, with Aliyah Boston providing the go-ahead layup with 7.4 seconds near successful the game.

The Fever are acceptable to look the Las Vegas Aces next, with Game 1 tipping Sunday astatine 3 p.m. ET.

"It was a shot match," Aces manager Becky Hammon said Saturday of the Fever-Dream series. "There were bodies flying the full time. Quite frankly, it made for precise disfigured hoops and I deliberation that's thing the league's got to instrumentality a look at.

"These players are incredibly skilled, and that should beryllium highlighted. I don't cognize if they get a bonus for not calling fouls successful the playoffs... immoderate of the hits that I saw successful the Atlanta-Indiana game, if I did that to you successful the street, I would beryllium arrested. But connected a WNBA court, it's thing to spot here."

Clark, Cunningham and 3 different Fever players person had to ticker the playoffs from the seat aft suffering season-ending injuries, portion Damiris Dantas was besides sidelined during the archetypal circular with a concussion. Her presumption for the semifinals is unclear.

"BENCH MOB WILL BE EVEN MORE ROWDY TOMORROW LETS GOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!," Clark besides said successful the X post.