Phoenix Mercury star Natasha Cloud and Indiana Fever heart Temi Fagbenle needed to be separated from one another throughout their recreation on Sunday afternoon.
With about 4:48 left within the second quarter, Fagbenle was fouled whereas attempting to go up for a shot. After the whistle blew, she tried to only end the play by placing the ball again into the basket.
Fagbenle’s teammate Erika Wheeler, and Cloud’s teammate Sophie Cunningham, then tried to clear their teammates out to attempt to get everybody to huddle up.
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Players from each groups huddled up somewhat too shut and commenced to yell at one another.
Cloud and Fagbenle bought into one another’s faces and personnel from each groups got here onto the court docket to separate them.
WNBA referees assessed technical fouls on 4 gamers – Mercury gamers Cloud and Kahleah Copper and Fever gamers Fagbenle and Wheeler.
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It wasn’t the one occasion of exhausting play through the recreation.
Mercury heart Brittney Griner was hit with a technical foul over an incident with Fever star Aliyah Boston. Fever ahead NaLyssa Smith was known as for a flagrant-1 foul after an errant elbow to Diana Taurasi’s midsection with 45.8 seconds remaining within the half.
Temi Fagbenle of the Indiana Fever drives to the basket towards the Mercury on June 30, 2024, at Footprint Center in Phoenix. (Barry Gossage/NBAE by way of Getty Images)
Phoenix took a 49-38 lead into halftime. Griner and Taurasi led all scorers with 13 factors every.
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Boston led Indiana with 10 factors.
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