Fever Heat Rises: Clark Flagrant Debate Meets Non-Clark Wins
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · 10 min
Indiana Fever debate pivots from Caitlin Clark’s throat-contact controversy to a bigger basketball question: with Clark managing back pain, Kelsey Mitchell, Aliyah Boston and a deeper rotation are showing Indiana can win in more than one way.
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Indiana Fever debate pivots from Caitlin Clark’s throat-contact controversy to a bigger basketball question: with Clark managing back pain, Kelsey Mitchell, Aliyah Boston and a deeper rotation are showing Indiana can win in more than one way.
In this episode
- Sydney Colson's Take on Caitlin Clark-Alyssa Thomas Flagrant Has Fever Fans Upset — Sports Illustrated
Sydney Colson's Take on Caitlin Clark-Alyssa Thomas Flagrant Has Fever Fans Upset During a June 29 segment on ESPN, Former Indiana Fever guard Sydney Colson weighed in on whether she believed Alyssa Thomas should've received a flagrant foul for putting her closed fist on Caitlin Clark's throat during the Fever's June 25 game against the Phoenix Mercury. "Looking at the game, nobody reacted in…
- Fever's two wins without Caitlin Clark contain one startling truth | Sporting News — Sporting News
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- 2026 WNBA Power Rankings: Week 7 — WNBA
# 2026 WNBA Power Rankings: Week 7 Published: 2026-06-29T17:14:37+00:00 Source: wnba.com (wnba.com) Language: en ## Story A 53-point outburst from Marina Mabrey, matching the WNBA’s single-game scoring record shared by A’ja Wilson and Liz Cambage. A quadruple-overtime instant classic in DC as Sonia Citron and the Mystics outlasted the Fire in only the second 4OT game in league history and…
- Step Back — With Clark hurt again and Indiana now showing it can beat teams in very different ways, how should we separate real growth in the Fever’s non-Clark offense — Boston as hub, Mitchell creation, bench minutes — from the noise of a couple high-adrenaline wins?
Background sources
- Balanced Attack Propels Fever Rout of Sparks: Takeaways — Si
- Fever's two wins without Caitlin Clark contain one startling truth | Sporting News — Sporting News
- Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark may be Fever’s cornerstones, but Kelsey Mitchell is the rock - Yahoo Sports — Candace Buckner Fri, Jun 5, 2026 · 7 min read
- Fever Dreams: Why Indiana is Still a Threat When Caitlin Clark Returns | Opta Analyst — Donald Kolakowski
- Through 15 games, have the Indiana Fever proven to be a legit championship contender? | Swish Appeal — Josh Felton
- Even in three-game winning streak, Indiana Fever working through small snags | The IX Basketball — Tony East
- Who Ran The WNBA This Week: Week 7 — NewsOne
Who Ran The WNBA This Week: Week 7 - Tech - Golden State Valkyries, an expansion team, is already contending as a top-3 team. - Several players set league records, including Mabrey's 53-point game and Cardoso's perfect shooting. - The Commissioner's Cup Final between Liberty and Aces is a highly anticipated championship rematch. Source: Tara Walton / Getty The WNBA just gave us one of those…