Overview
- Game officials upgraded a first-quarter Flagrant 1 to a Flagrant 2 on DiJonai Carrington for contact on Sophie Cunningham, which automatically ejected Carrington from the game.
- Carrington, who had scored eight points on 3-of-3 shooting before the ejection, posted the words “WHITE PRIVILEGE” tagging the Indiana Fever minutes after she left the court.
- Fans flooded her account with negative reaction and Carrington set her Threads profile to private hours after the post.
- Coaches offered different takes: Sky coach Tyler Marsh defended the play as a play on the ball and Fever coach Stephanie White called it a hard foul but said she did not believe it was intentional, while Cunningham said the matter was not about race and that the league was handling it.
- The incident, coming after Saturday’s 90-86 Indiana win, adds to scrutiny of Carrington given a 2024 follow-through that struck Caitlin Clark and grows the chance of WNBA discipline or fines as the league reviews her conduct.