Caitlin Clark Flopping Motion Goes Viral
Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark got into it with fellow rookie Julie Vanloo of the Washington Mystics, with one sequence making waves online. Clark and Vanloo were seen jawing back and forth before Caitlin made a gesture that seemed to indicate a flopping accusation.
a better angle nice pic.twitter.com/0N4C5SZGtX
— WBB (@IeveryoneI) July 10, 2024
This was amidst some pushing and shoving in a game that got chippy as the Fever attempted to mount a huge comeback behind Clark's historic performance. But the reason the video above likely blew up was the callback to what had happened when Caitlin and Indiana previously faced Dijonai Carrington and the Connecticut Sun.
Dijonai Carrington mimicking a flop after being called for a foul on Caitlin Clark 💀 pic.twitter.com/sSqIqDl6Sa
— ZekeHoops (@HandsOffAssata) June 10, 2024
Carrington's flopping motion also went viral and she seemed to address what she felt to be a double standard in a post sent after the Sun fell to the New York Liberty. Dijonai made it clear she was addressing fans who had attacked her in the wake her widely shared motion and not Clark directly.
1. Close!!! BUT no :/ my gf is on the fever😆 so I was trying to catch the rest of her game.
— dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) July 10, 2024
2. This has nothing to do w/ Caitlin. This has to do w/ how nasty yall fAnS are to call me ridiculous things for somethin that is literally jus mfers hoopin
3. I was still in my uniform🤭 https://t.co/IQ1LWCbhMk
None of those histrionics on the court mattered much as Caitlin and company were unable to come all the way back against the 31-year-old rookie Vanloo, who had 13 points for the Mystics. Washington was led by Ariel Atkins who dropped 26 points in the win.
Somehow this was called, and not reversed after a challenge, as a foul on Ariel Atkins and NOT an offensive foul on Caitlin Clark. 😂
— The Whole Delivery (@TWDTV1) July 10, 2024
Another embarrassing moment from the #WNBA officials here. 😂
🎥 @sluggahjells pic.twitter.com/APcWjUbtBu
Clark got away with her share of physicality in the contest but CC was all over the floor for Indiana. Caitlin finished with 29 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 3-pointers made, 5 steals and 3 blocks in the game, becoming the first player in either the WNBA or NBA to put up such a stat line.
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