{"id":672334,"date":"2026-05-29T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672334\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:00:09","slug":"never-winning-a-championship-with-this-woman-criticism-rises-after-cameras-catch-caitlin-clark-throwing-a-tantrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672334\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never winning a championship with this woman\u2019: Criticism rises after cameras catch Caitlin Clark throwing a \u2018tantrum\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Fever suffered its third loss of the season on Thursday night at the hands of the Golden State Valkyries. The Fever<\/a> entered the contest looking like a legitimate title contender, but ended the game with looming questions, especially surrounding superstar point guard Caitlin Clark.<\/p>\n

Clark had her least effective outing of the young season, not only struggling from the field, scoring 16 points on 3-of-12 shooting, but also failing to protect the ball, committing five turnovers. To make things worse for Clark, Golden State<\/a> had massive success attacking her on defense, scoring a whopping 28 points with Clark as the primary defender.<\/p>\n

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Her struggles on the floor, coupled with a very hostile Valkyries crowd, may have gotten under Clark\u2019s skin, as cameras caught her blowing up at a referee in the middle of a possession after not being awarded with drawn foul.<\/p>\n

Lacking in maturity?<\/p>\n

Fans on social media questioned Clark\u2019s maturity level after the exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a f*****n baby I hope she don\u2019t even sniff a championship,\u201d one fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cCC hasn\u2019t matured one bit, while her fans online go after Black W players and anyone who doesn\u2019t praise and excuse her,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never winning a championship with this woman,\u201d one fan wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201c(Clark) throws tantrums every game,\u201d another fan added.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, sports media personality Cari Champion called out Clark\u2019s behavior on the court in her Flagrant & Funny<\/a> podcast before the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we get to catch these glimpses of Caitlin Clark, I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t like you. I don\u2019t like the way you behave on the court,\u2019\u201d Champion said.<\/p>\n

Fans and media members were also frustrated by Clark\u2019s decision to decline a media session after the loss. Clark will have another chance to improve her performance, conduct, and relationship with the media on Saturday night against the Portland Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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