Caitlin Clark gets triple-double and flagrant foul vs. Angel Reese in Fever’s opener

Caitlin Clark opened the season with the third triple double of her career, and Indiana’s new look fever dominated on Saturday 4:30 p.m. to move away from the revised Chicago Sky 93-58.

However, the game was defined by the latest chapter in Clark-Angel Reese-Rivality. This time there was a hard foul from Clark via Reese’s arm, which joked the ball loose and Reese hit the floor with 4:38 in the third quarter. When Reese jumped at the confronting of Clark, the Aliyah Boston fever center entered between the two players when Clark went away from the skirmish.

The referees have improved Clarks Foul on a flagrant 1 and assessed technical fouls after a repeat check -up to Reese and Boston.

During an interview in the game with ESPN, Clark said that the foul had “nothing malignant”.

“It’s just a good foul,” said Clark. “You know, either Angel has two points open or we send them to the free -wire line. Nothing malignant. It is just a good foul. Every basketball player knows that.”

When Reese missed the first of two throws, Gainbridge Fieldhouse broke out. However, Reese made the second and Courtney Vandersloot on the following property to reduce the deficit to 56-45. But Indiana took the third quarter with a 9-0 run with 65: 45. The sky never really threatened Indiana’s leadership.

Clark, the WNBA rookie of the year last season, ended with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists while blocking four shots.

Boston added 19 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks, while Natasha Howard scored 15 points in her fever debut.

Dewanna Bonner also scored seven points to bring the WNBA career to third place and to say goodbye to Tina Thompson. Bonner now has 7,289 points.

Reese had 12 points and 17 rebounds for the sky, which lost three out of four in Indiana last season. Ariel Atkins added 11 points.

In her first game in the state, Fever coach Stephanie White scored the first victory of her second coaching period in the state in which she won the Miss Basketball Award of Indiana 1994-95, and led Purdue to the National Championship 1998-99.

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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