Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark have heated the exchange after the hard foul during the head of the head of the sky
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese had a heated exchange after the sniper of Indiana fever committed a lack of Chicago Sky in the third quarter of his confrontation on Saturday.
Reese pushed Faver Natasha Howard striker on the back while grabbed an offensive rebound of a Rebecca Allen teammate.
Reese lowered the ball, and Clark committed it before he shot. Reese fell to the ground.
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Indiana Natasha Howard fever striker (6) Chicago Guardian Sky Forward Angel Reese (5) Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/Indiestar/USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
Reese got out of the floor and got into Clark’s face.
The referees looked at the work and determined that Clark used their left hand to take Reese to the floor. They updated the personal lack of Clark to a flagrant fault. And Reese and Aliyah Boston of fever received technical faults.
“Nothing malicious about it, just a good shot,” Clark told Holly Rowe from ESPN.
It seemed to be another chapter in the rivalry between Clark and Reese.
The two had an intense rivalry during their time in women’s university basketball. Clark talked about the importance of defeating the rivals on the floor before the match against Chicago.
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Indiana Caitlin Clark fever guard (22) and Chicago striker Sky Angel Reese (5) shake hands before a game in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on May 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn images)
“The rivalries are real, and that is what makes sports so incredible,” Clark told ESPN. “There are certain teams that these games mean a little more. [We] Come here and play in the same way every night, but [a rivalry] It involves fans and loves. “
Clark’s story with heaven began last season.
Clark took a series of questionable fouls of Reese’s Sky during the 2024 season, including one of Reese on June 16.
Clark also received an infamous illegal hip check from Chicago striker Sky Chennedy Carter on June 1. Then, at the end of August, the Diamond Deshields of Chicago committed a hard foul on Clark, which flew down the floor. The fault was updated later to a flagrant violation, and Deshields then published catches of hate messages that he had received from the fault.
The Indiana fever guard, Caitlin Clark (22), drip the ball, while the guard of the sky of Chicago Kia Nurse (11) defends in the first half in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on May 17, 2025 (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn images)
But Clark’s team prevailed, taking three of the four meetings between the teams last year, which were among the most seen WNBA competitions throughout the season.
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Heaven and fever are five times in 2025.
Jackson Thompson of News contributed to this report.
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor of News Digital.