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Phoenix Mercury veteran Alyssa Thomas will be suspended one game for the contact she made to Caitlin Clark’s throat during a win over the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night, the league announced.
The play, which took place with roughly seven minutes left in the second quarter, was originally a no-call and was not reviewed. Thomas will also receive a Flagrant 2 penalty. While going for a loose ball on the court, Thomas appeared to knee Clark in the groin, and as Thomas was getting up, she pushed her fist into Clark’s neck before stepping over her.

According to the WNBA’s rulebook, the league office reserves the right to reclassify a flagrant foul or to classify a no-call as a flagrant and impose any fine or suspension following its review of any game.
Thomas will serve her suspension when the Mercury play the Toronto Tempo on the road on June 27.
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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