Sophie Cunningham has run-in with officer throughout Fever playoff win vs Dream

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Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham was seen having an up-close dialogue with a policewoman in the course of the group's playoff win towards the Atlanta Dream on Thursday evening in Atlanta.

With simply over 4 minutes left within the fourth quarter and the Dream main by six, Dream participant Odyssey Sims suffered an harm, prompting an harm timeout. Throughout that timeout, Cunningham walked to heart courtroom, with WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark following carefully behind her.

There, the Atlanta policewoman met them and appeared to inform them to again up, with a gesture. Cunningham didn't again up till after exchanging phrases with the policewoman, earlier than backing up seconds later.

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Cunningham later re-shared a photograph of the encounter with the policewoman on social media with the caption, "THIS IS SOME AURA."

Even with Cunningham and Clark out for the 12 months, the Fever went on to win the sport and collection to advance within the WNBA playoffs. The group will now go on to face the Las Vegas Aces within the subsequent spherical.

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Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever react from the bench within the second quarter towards the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 30, 2025, in Indianapolis,. (Dylan Buell/Getty Photos)

However the Fever must press on of their playoff quest with out their two biggest stars in Cunningham and Clark, as they don't seem to be coming again this season.

Nonetheless, the cameras are more likely to be on the 2 sidelined stars usually as long as the group remains to be enjoying.

Cunningham and Clark have been a frequent focus of broadcast cameras and media consideration all through the group's playoff run whereas they remained sidelined as a consequence of harm.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark smiles as she seems to the group bench after making a cross to the basket that led to a rating within the second half of a WNBA basketball recreation towards the Dallas Wings on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photograph/Tony Gutierrez)

Throughout Sport 2 towards the Dream earlier this week, Clark and Cunningham went viral after making a demonstrative gesture to officers, protesting {that a} Dream participant must be known as for touring.

Later within the recreation, when officers did name a journey on Atlanta, Clark was seen imitating the gesture once more, playfully.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has coated the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.