Caitlin Clark expresses on dramatic Angel Reese bust after pushing rival to floor in WNBA opener

Caitlin Clark it says they are push on angel reese Was nothing more than a basketball game and by no means ‘malignant’ after the temperature between the two bitter rivals flared up on the opening weekend of the Wnba.

During a fiery season opener between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, Clark hit the sky over the arm after she grabbed an attacking rebound and stood her halfway through the third quarter to the floor.

Reese was furiously left by the push, jumped back to her feet and made a Beeline for the fever star before her teammates quickly intervened.

After a repeat review, the referees upgraded Clark’s error to a flagrant who a lot to her surprise.

During an in-game interview with ESPN, rule Wnba Rookie of the year emphasized that she just did what every basketball player would do in the same situation.

“It’s just a good mistake,” Clark said. ‘You know, Angel gets a wide open two points, or we will send them to the free throw line.

Caitlin Clark insists that her push on Angel Reese was nothing more than a basketball game

‘Nothing malignant about it. It’s just a good take error. Every basketball player knows that. ‘

She also doubled that claim in her press conference after the game and forced reporters to ‘make nothing to do that it is not’.

“I didn’t try to do something malicious. That is not the type of player I am, “Clark was on.

‘I went for the ball, and that is clear as a day in the repetition. You look it … it hadn’t upgraded [to a flagrant foul]. But that is the discretion of the referee. ‘

Reese continued to miss the first of her two throws, which huge cheers of the feverish in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, before he made the second when Chicago added a layout on the subsequent possession to reduce the shortage to 56-45.

Indiana, however, closed the third quarter on a 9-0 run to take a crucial 65-45 lead, and Chicago never really threatened to organize a comeback in the fourth.

It was Clark who therefore had the last smile for her arch enemy when the fever drove past the Sky 93-58 to open their account in style.

The fierce enemies have brought their rivalry from university fighting with them in the major competitions because they are famous on the field during the NCAA championship game of LSU and Iowa in 2023.

Reese sat after he had been sent to the ground by the sensation of Indiana Fever

Clark could not believe that her mistake was being upgraded to flagrant by the referee on the day

At a memorable moment, Reese Clark’s characteristic ‘You can’t see me’ -celebrated her face while helping LSU to claim the victory in the night.

Last season they also went against each other for the coveted Wnba Rookie of the Year Award, where the Indiana Sensation eventually came to the top.

Their competitiveness, however, became ugly when Chicago player Chennedy Carter Caitlin brutally pushed at a certain stage in the 2024 campaign, before Angel Erna seemed to laugh with her teammate about it.

A number of analysts claimed that the frenzy around Clark and Reese had become a racing war, but they succeeded in putting it all aside and playing together in last year’s WNBA All-Star game.