Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese have heated exchanged throughout Fever-Sky sport

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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese had a heated trade after the Indiana Fever sharpshooter fouled the Chicago Sky ahead within the third quarter of their matchup Saturday.

Reese pushed Fever ahead Natasha Howard within the again as she grabbed an offensive rebound off a miss by teammate Rebecca Allen.

Reese introduced the ball low, and Clark fouled her earlier than she went up for a shot. Reese fell to the bottom.

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Indiana Fever ahead Natasha Howard (6) guards Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) Saturday, Might 17, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA At present Community through Imagn Photos)

Reese received up from the ground and received into the face of Clark.

Referees seemed on the play and decided Clark used her left hand to shove Reese to the ground. They upgraded the private foul on Clark to a flagrant foul. And Reese and Aliyah Boston of the Fever had been issued technical fouls.

"Nothing malicious about it, only a good take foul," Clark informed ESPN's Holly Rowe.

It gave the impression to be one other chapter within the rivalry between Clark and Reese.

The 2 had an intense rivalry throughout their time in girls’s faculty basketball. Clark spoke on the importance of defeating rivals on the ground earlier than the sport towards Chicago.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) and Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) shake fingers earlier than a sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Might 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Photos)

"Rivalries are actual, and that is what makes sports activities so superb," Clark informed ESPN. "There's sure groups that these video games simply imply slightly bit extra. [We] come out right here and play the identical manner each evening, however [a rivalry] will get the followers concerned, and so they like it."

Clark’s historical past with the Sky started final season.

Clark took a sequence of questionable fouls from Reese's Sky all through the 2024 season, together with one from Reese June 16.

Clark additionally took an notorious unlawful hip examine from Chicago Sky ahead Chennedy Carter June 1. Then, in late August, Chicago's Diamond DeShields dedicated a tough foul on Clark, who went flying throughout the ground. The foul was later upgraded to a flagrant violation, and DeShields later posted screenshots of hate messages she had obtained from the foul.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles the ball whereas Chicago Sky guard Kia Nurse (11) defends within the first half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Might 17, 2025 (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Photos)

However Clark's crew prevailed, taking three of the 4 conferences between the groups final 12 months, which had been among the many most-watched WNBA contests all season.