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Caitlin Clark torches DiJonai Carrington after heated exchange in Fever’s blowout win

Nypost · 🇮🇳 public India · · 388 words · By Erich Richter
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Caitlin Clark and DiJonai Carrington traded shots again Sunday night, with Clark getting the last word as the Indiana Fever star poured in 37 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and 10 assists in a 113-90 dismantling of the Chicago Sky.

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What happened

Caitlin Clark and DiJonai Carrington traded shots again Sunday night, with Clark getting the last word as the Indiana Fever star poured in 37 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and 10 assists in a 113-90 dismantling of the Chicago Sky.

Why it matters

The dominant performance eliminated the Sky from playoff contention as the surging Fever sit firmly in third place in the playoff standings.

Common ground

In the second quarter when the game still very much hung in the balance, Clark lined up her patented stepback 3-pointer with Carrington trailing behind her.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/sports/caitlin-clark-torches-dijonai-carrington-af…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Caitlin Clark poured in 37 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and 10 assists in a 113-90 dismantling of the Chicago Sky.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Reddit threads about 'coomers' and general Wikipedia pages for the Indiana Fever. There is no specific box score or report confirming the 37 points, 8 three-pointers, and 10 assists in a 113-90 win.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their third season under head coach, Stephanie White, who returned to the franchise where she previously coached the Fever…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Indiana Fever season is the franchise's 27th season in the WNBA and their fourth under head coach, Stephanie White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caitlin Elizabeth Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Regarded as one of the greate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Clark
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Claim 2: “Clark drilled the shot to give the Fever a 36-34 lead”
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The evidence provided consists of Harry Styles guitar tutorials and general team history. There is no evidence regarding a specific shot giving the Fever a 36-34 lead.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 25th season in the WNBA, and their second season under head coach Christie Sides. The regular season tipped off against the Connecticut Sun in Connect…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their third season under head coach, Stephanie White, who returned to the franchise where she previously coached the Fever…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caitlin Elizabeth Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Regarded as one of the greate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Clark
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Claim 3: “The dominant performance eliminated the Sky from playoff contention”
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Three independent web sources confirm that the Chicago Sky were eliminated from playoff contention following a 113-90 loss to the Indiana Fever.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kysre Rae Gondrezick (KY-zuhr GONE-dre-zick; born July 27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player and model who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Associat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kysre_Gondrezick
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Chicago Sky season was franchise's 20th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Tyler Marsh, who was hired on November 3, 2024. On May 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Chicago_Sky_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christie Sides (born January 17, 1977) is an American basketball head coach, most recently for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. Sides has previously been an assistant coach for the Fever, Chicago Sky, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Sides
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Claim 4: “The Fever led by just six points entering the fourth quarter”
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The evidence provided contains irrelevant adult content search results and general team history. There is no evidence regarding the score entering the fourth quarter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christie Sides (born January 17, 1977) is an American basketball head coach, most recently for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. Sides has previously been an assistant coach for the Fever, Chicago Sky, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Sides
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Fever compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Fever
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kysre Rae Gondrezick (KY-zuhr GONE-dre-zick; born July 27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player and model who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Associat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kysre_Gondrezick
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Claim 5: “the surging Fever sit firmly in third place in the playoff standings.”
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The evidence provided for this claim contains irrelevant adult content search results and general team Wikipedia pages. No source confirms the Fever's specific standing as third place.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their third season under head coach, Stephanie White, who returned to the franchise where she previously coached the Fever…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Indiana Fever season is the franchise's 27th season in the WNBA and their fourth under head coach, Stephanie White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Indiana_Fever_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Fever compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Fever
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Claim 6: “Freedom was ejected from the game as a bystander”
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Claim 7: “After her ejection, Carrington posted on X, “WHITE PRIVILEGE””
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section was empty, the evidence provided for claim 6 and claim 7 explicitly mentions that Carrington wrote 'white privilege' on social media/X after her ejection.
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Claim 8: “The Sky were outscored 30-13 in the fourth quarter”
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Claim 9: “Carrington previously poked Clark in the eye in 2024 while Carrington was with the Connecticut Sun.”
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Multiple sources confirm that DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun poked Caitlin Clark in the eye during a 2024 game/playoff game.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2024; Uncasville, Connecticut, USA; Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington (21) imitates Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) after a foul call in the second quarter at Mohegan Sun Arena. …
https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/dijonai-carrin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Caitlin Clark insists DiJonai Carrington’s eye poke during Game 1 of the Fever-Sun playoff game was unintentional. By Erin Achenbach•Sep 24, 2024 at 2:07 PM ET•2 min read.
https://clutchpoints.com/wnba/indiana-fever/fever-news-caitl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Connecticut Sun guard Dijonai Carrington has come out to address the numerous calls for her suspension, following an incident where she was accused of intent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FljLeneTC2Y
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Claim 10: “on Aug. 8... Carrington fouled Cunningham hard on a fast-break layup with Carrington coming from behind and hitting her in the neck and head area.”
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Multiple sources confirm that DiJonai Carrington fouled Sophie Cunningham from behind, hitting her in the head and neck area during a fast-break layup.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sophie Cunningham got fouled hard by DiJonai Carrington during the Fever's win over the Sky, reflecting on the events after the game. ClutchPoints.Sophie Cunningham had to be restrained after a hard f…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lip-reader-catches-dijonai…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tags: DiJonai Carrington, Emmanuel Acho, Sports, Sophie Cunningham.Carrington came from behind and hit the Fever's Sophie Cunningham in the head and neck on a fast-break layup, knocking her to the cou…
https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/08/10/skys-carrington-says-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cunningham was on the receiving end of a brutal foul by DiJonai Carrington during Saturday's game between Indiana and the Chicago Sky. Within minutes of being ejected from the game, Carrington wrote "…
https://www.aol.com/articles/florida-ag-makes-empty-threat-2…
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Claim 11: “a bizarre cameo appearance by Enes Freedom (formerly Enes Kanter), as the Sky’s Natasha Cloud screamed at him while he sat courtside.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the presence of Enes Freedom or an interaction with Natasha Cloud.
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Claim 12: “Carrington was assessed a flagrant one on the floor before it was upgraded to a flagrant two and she was ejected.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the foul was initially called a Flagrant 1 and then upgraded to a Flagrant 2, leading to Carrington's ejection.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carrington’s foul was initially called a Flagrant 1, before getting upgraded to a Flagrant 2 upon review.WNBA guard DiJonai Carrington accused the league of having “white privilege” following her ejec…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS_bHWfxJXk
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web search NEUTRAL — Dijonai Carrington was ejected after receiving a Flagrant Two for her foul on Sophie Cunningham.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/djioni-carrrington-foul-on-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — The foul, initially assessed as a Flagrant 1, was upgraded to a Flagrant 2 upon review due to the severity of the contact. Cunningham, who is white, believed the foul was intentional, stating, "I thin…
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-08-09-wnbas-dijonai-carr…
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