The Connecticut Sun defeated the Indiana Fever in game one of their opening round WNBA playoff series. Indiana was unable to generate anything offensively, and this was especially the case for All-Star rookie Caitlin Clark.
Finishing with just 11 points, Clark made 4-of-17 field goal attempts and 2-of-13 three-point attempts. While this could have just been an off night for Clark, many fans were convinced her poor shooting was a result of a play in the first quarter.
Getting poked in the eye by Connecticut Sun guard Dijonai Carrington, Clark spent several seconds on the ground before developing a black eye.
This video suggesting the poke may have been intentional has 1.2M views on X. Several others like this have been picking up traction on social media.
Via @logo3sports: “Replay on Carrington’s eye poke to Caitlin Clark. Looks intentional to me”
Asked during Tuesday’s media availability what she would say to those who believe Carrington hit her on purpose and should be suspended, Clark made her opinion clear.
“It wasn’t intentional by any means,” Clark said. “You just watched the play, it wasn’t intentional.”
The calls for Carrington’s suspension have been intense. Media personality Jason Whitlock made a post on X calling for Carrington’s suspension that generated over 920,000 views and 34,000 likes.
“ESPN and the WNBA have yet to address this story,” Whitlock wrote. “Carrington should be suspended.”
Carrington also spoke with media on Tuesday, saying she did not intentionally hit Clark.
“I don’t even know why I would intend to hit anybody in the eye,” Carrington said. “It doesn’t even make sense to me. But no, I didn’t. I didn’t know I hit her actually. I was trying to make a play on the ball.”
A foul was not called on this play, so it is very unlikely the WNBA takes any action. Clark made her opinion clear that Carrington did not intend to hit her, and the Sun guard made that clear as well.
The second game of this series will be played on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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