The Indiana Fever will face the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the playoffs, meaning that once again. When entered the league as a rookie this season, she instantly had a target on her head as the No. 1 pick.
Clark has starred in her first year and leads all rookies in points and assists, but the first opposition player to directly challenge the college hero . When and met on June 10, Carrington fouled Clark during the second quarter and the rookie stumbled following the contact. but was met with scattered boos from the crowd, which featured many traveling Clark supporters, for making fun of the 22-year-old.
Clark's fans started sending hundreds of messages to Carrington online, which prompted the Sun guard to respond. "Why y'all so mad at me and being mean!?" Carrington wrote on X. "I just be hooping and having fun man.
Live a little." The hardcore fan base of Clark has been a trending topic, with many past and present WNBA players fearing that they go too far when it comes to social media hate. Even back in June, the rookie was asked if her name was being used by fans to engage in "culture wars" online, and Clark said: "Not something I can control.
" This led to another response from Carrington, calling out Clark for staying silent. "Dawg, how one can not be bothered by their name being used to justify racism, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia & the intersectionalities of them all is nuts," Carrington wrote. "We all see the ----.
We all have a platform. We all have a voice & they all hold weight. Silence is a luxury.
" Clark later added to her brief statement by saying that her only focus was on playing basketball and not engaging in "outside" issues. "I don't put too much time or thought into things like that, and to be honest, I don't see a lot of it. Like I've said, basketball is my job," Clark said.
"Like everything on the outside, I can't control that, so I'm not going to spend time thinking about that. People can talk about what they want to talk about, create conversations about whatever it is, but I think for myself, I'm just here to play basketball." The Fever and Sun face off in Game 1 on Sept.
22, before Game 2 takes place on Sept. 25. Both take place in Connecticut, although should Game 3 be required then both teams will head to Indiana on Sept.
27. The Sun won three of the four matchups this season, although Indiana won the previous meeting on Aug. 28.
Clark and Carrington were both tied on 19 points and will battle for a fifth time on Sunday..
