Breaking Caitlin Clark leaves teammate stunned by gesture over Angel Reese clash in post-game press conference EnglishHeadline

As Caitlin Clark‘s rivalry with Angel Reese took an indignant new twist on Saturday, Clark’s Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston was shocked to be taught she received fined $200 for her personal involvement within the conflict.

Clark shoved Chicago Sky rival Reese to the bottom within the third quarter of their opening sport of the 2025 season in a late try to attempt to cease her from taking pictures. As a livid Reese picked herself off the ground and marched in direction of Clark, Boston stepped between the 2 to cease them coming to blows.

However Boston was left bewildered when reporters instructed her within the post-game press convention with Clark that the referees gave her a technical foul for her involvement, the place she appeared to push each Clark and Reese in numerous instructions to maintain them aside.

Gamers get fined $200 by the WNBA for his or her first three technical fouls of the season however Boston will not must pay the cash for hers – Clark insisted she’ll cowl the price.

‘I received the tech?’ Boston requested reporters, visibly shocked, earlier than slapping the desk. ‘Oh no.’

As Clark continued answering questions, Boston was visibly fuming with the information earlier than Clark turned to her and stated: ‘I am going to pay that wonderful.

Aliyah Boston was misplaced for phrases when she was instructed she received a technical foul

Boston intervened when it seemed like Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark might come to blows 

Boston requested if she might pay half and Clark stated: ‘I received it for you, don’t be concerned.’

Clark stated of her teammate: ‘I admire AB having my again I assume. I do not know what she did, I did not see that.’

Boston is on a wage of $83,371 for the 2025 season with Fever. Clark technically earns a bit much less on the second yr of her rookie contract on $78,066 however has a number of profitable endorsements which have made her price thousands and thousands. 

One factor Boston must watch out with, nevertheless, is what number of technicals she accumulates throughout the season. After the primary three, the price of the wonderful rises to $400. When a participant will get to seven, they get a one-game ban and an $800 wonderful. 

Clark then dismissed claims she was concentrating on Reese within the sport – their rivalry is effectively documented and stretches again into their school days. 

‘Let’s not make it something that it isn’t,’ Clark stated. ‘I wasn’t attempting to do something malicious. 

‘That is not the kind of participant I’m. I went for the ball, and that is clear as day within the replay. 

‘You watch it… it should not have been upgraded (to a flagrant foul). However that is up the ref’s discretion.’ 

Clark was issued with a flagrant foul for the Reese incident of their first WNBA sport of 2025

Clark stated she’ll cowl the $200 wonderful Boston will get for her technical foul from the conflict 

Clark ended the sport with 20 factors to her title as Fever recorded an emphatic 93-58 win over their rivals. Reese, in the meantime, scored 12 factors.

After the sport, Reese issued a blunt eight-word verdict on the bust-up, insisting the referees received it proper and urging individuals to ‘transfer on.’

When requested for her ideas on Clark’s foul, she merely stated: ‘Basketball play, refs received it proper, transfer on.’

Fever return to motion on Tuesday evening towards Atlanta Dream on Tuesday evening.

Issues do not get simpler for Reese and Sky – they host reigning WNBA champions New York Liberty Thursday evening.

The subsequent conflict between Clark and Reese is Saturday, June 7 in Chicago.