Caitlin Clark’s Latest Technical Foul Was a Joke, and the WNBA Should Do Something About It. Caitlin Clark and Saniya Rivers each get a technical foul after Clark tells Rivers to check the scoreboard.pic.twitter.com/YA7nfPRabj— Underdog WNBA (@UnderdogWNBA) July 23, 2026.
While the game itself was a laugher, one moment from the blowout could soon prove to be costly for Caitlin Clark as she was called for her seventh technical foul of the season after having words with Sun guard Saniya Rivers.
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Available information indicates that To put it bluntly, Clark’s latest technical foul was as soft as it comes by the referees.
Caitlin Clark is now one technical foul away from an automatic suspension, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, But that’s not what happened, and now Clark is one technical away from being issued an automatic suspension by the WNBA.
The WNBA has the right to overturn the technical foul if the Fever appeal it.
Fever coach Stephanie White was asked after the game if she needed to change her coaching style for Clark to keep her away from an eighth technical, which would lead to a suspension.
"She said she was locking me up so I said 'Scoreboard,' and the ref didn't like that."Caitlin Clark on her exchange with Saniya Rivers in Fever-Sun last night.Clark who has 7 techs on the season.
The WNBA should also take Rivers’s technical away because she didn’t do anything all that bad in that moment, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, is 1 technical foul away from a 1-game suspension.(via @IndianaFever)… https://t.co/2LU8B0eLM8— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 23 2026.
Statements
«Anybody who thinks that I have a plan to be strategic about technical fouls is crazy,»
Context
Games get heated, words get said but that doesn’t mean the refs should be so quick to hand out technical fouls.
Available information indicates that But that’s not what happened, and now Clark is one technical away from being issued an automatic suspension by the WNBA.
Available information indicates that is 1 technical foul away from a 1-game suspension.(via @IndianaFever)… https://t.co/2LU8B0eLM8— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 23 2026.
Available information indicates that Caitlin Clark is now one technical foul away from an automatic suspension.
Separately, Caitlin Clark is now one technical foul away from an automatic suspension.
Available information indicates that The WNBA should also take Rivers’s technical away because she didn’t do anything all that bad in that moment.
Available information indicates that "She said she was locking me up, so I said, 'Scoreboard,' and the ref didn't like that."Caitlin Clark on her exchange with Saniya Rivers in Fever-Sun last n.
Separately, To put it bluntly, Clark’s latest technical foul was as soft as it comes by the referees.
Available information indicates that Games get heated, words get said but that doesn’t mean the refs should be so quick to hand out technical fouls.
Available information indicates that "Anybody who thinks that I have a plan to be strategic about technical fouls is crazy," White said.
