News of Caitlin Clark's quadriceps injury has rattled and angered fans of the Indiana Fever, especially in light of Coach White's comments on how referees have been calling games against the team.
White unleashed on WNBA refs while speaking to reporters following the Fever's nail-biter 90-88 loss to the New York Liberty Saturday. "I think it's pretty egregious what's been happening to us the last few games. A minus 31 free throw discrepancy. And I might be able to understand it if we were just chucking threes, but we're not," she began.
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"We're attacking the rim and the disrespect right now for our team has been pretty unbelievable. So it's disappointing that it doesn't go both ways or hasn't gone both ways. But we also can't allow that to consume us, right?"
The team will continue to fight on she added. "We've got to be able to control the things that we can control. I felt like at times our late game execution was good ... Yeah, I mean, look, there's a system to making sure that we can send stuff in and communicate our grievances, so to speak. I don't know that I ever feel like the system works. We're not looking for a change. We're just looking for consistency."
Fans are angry with the WNBA and with refs
It certainly seems like fans agree. Many took to X to voice their frustration with how games have been called lately, especially now that Clark is hurt.
"Well done,@WNBA," wrote @kerrrr22. "You did NOTHING to protect that girl."
"and let this serve as a reminder that the @WNBA has a serious reffing issue," added @shamimw_, "a lot more (preventative) injuries coming if the reffing continues in the manner that it has."
A third fan shared a video from the Fever's recent game with the Dream and added, "and then we get to see a million tweets about how her body language is bad and how she’s complaining to refs when she gets frustrated because she is grabbed like this the whole game… and will get called for a foul for reaching in on the opposite side."
When it comes to Clark, Fever fans are very protective — and it looks like that's for a good reason.