Fever coach thanks WNBA review, but scolds refs
Key takeaways
- Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White says she is glad the WNBA reviewed and ultimately punished Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for her hit on Caitlin Clark, but she wonders why a call wasn't made in real time.
- "I think the biggest thing for me is that we have to see it in real time," White told reporters Friday.
- The play happened in the Mercury's 111-109 win over the Fever on Wednesday.
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Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White says she is glad the WNBA reviewed and ultimately punished Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for her hit on Caitlin Clark, but she wonders why a call wasn't made in real time.
Thomas on Thursday was assessed a flagrant foul 2 penalty and a one-game suspension after the league, upon review, deemed she "committed a non-basketball act" against Clark by "recklessly making contact with her fist to the throat area" of the Fever star.
"I think the biggest thing for me is that we have to see it in real time," White told reporters Friday. "I mean, yes, I'm thankful that the league went back and used their ability to go back and review it, but these are things that we can't miss in real time. We've got to be better."