{"id":866165,"date":"2026-09-30T18:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/866165\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:32:21","slug":"caitlin-clarks-erratic-moment-with-raven-johnson-catches-fans-off-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/866165\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark’s erratic moment with Raven Johnson catches fans off guard"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is clear that competition means a lot to Caitlin Clark. The game against the Las Vegas Aces was an important one for the Indiana Fever, but they did not get the result they were looking for. Still, that competitive edge should not turn into tension between teammates, especially when things seemed to be going well for one of them.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark leaves fans confused after shoving rookie Raven Johnson<\/p>\n

Despite the result, Fever fans had already made their frustration with Stephanie White known throughout the season, calling for Raven Johnson to receive more opportunities. The rookie quickly showed whatshe could bring when given the chance, making an immediate impact in her WNBA playoff debut.<\/p>\n

Johnson brought the energy Indiana needed<\/p>\n

With the Aces already holding a considerable lead, Johnson\u2019s celebration was likely fueled by the fact that she was making the most of her first appearance. But the feeling around the Fever appeared to be different. The conclusion fans reached was that, for Clark, there was no time to celebrate and the focus had to remain on cutting into Las Vegas\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

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The conclusion fans reached was that, for Clark, there was no time to celebrate and the focus had to remain on cutting into Las Vegas\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

The video shows Lexie Hull, Sophie Cunningham and Johnson celebrating together before Clark approached the rookie and appeared to shove her. Clark\u2019s body language looked uncomfortable and frustrated, turning what seemed like a normal moment between teammates into something unexpected. Johnson clearly felt the shove and nearly stumbled, leaving fans describing Clark\u2019s reaction as erratic.<\/p>\n

The rookie looked anything but overwhelmed<\/p>\n

Johnson did not look like a rookie making her WNBA playoff debut. She scored 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting and added two steals in 22 minutes during Indiana\u2019s 102-85 loss to A\u2019ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces. She was also one of the few Fever players consistently bringing energy to a game that got away from Indiana early.<\/p>\n

It became clear that Clark did not see the moment as one for celebration. Johnson\u2019s performance quickly became a major talking point among Fever fans on social media, especially after she stepped into a bigger role following backup point guard Tyasha Harris\u2019 season-ending broken left fibula in the regular-season finale. Harris had averaged 4.1 points and 2.0 assists in 39 games for Indiana this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is clear that competition means a lot to Caitlin Clark. The game against the Las Vegas Aces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-866165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}