The Indiana Fever defeated the Phoenix Mercury, 86-77, on Monday to end a two-game skid for the Fever and to avoid three straight defeats for the first time in over a calendar year. However, the story after the game wasn’t the outcome itself but rather an in-game dust-up that led to Caitlin Clark picking up her fifth technical foul.
In the fourth quarter and with Indiana holding a 19-point lead, Clark and former teammate DeWanna Bonner—who was waived by Indiana mid-season in 2025—got into it a bit, with Clark being whistled for a personal foul. That led to some words being exchanged between the two, with Clark clapping her hands after the whistle. Then other players from both teams got involved as well.
