Caitlin Clark gets suspension for eighth technical that has Liberty implications but theres a caveat

Caitlin Clark was as close as one in the WNBA could get without crossing the technical suspension Rubicon.On Saturday, she finally passed the threshold.The Fever star picked up her eighth technical foul of the 2026 season, which means she will get handed a league-mandated one-game suspension.During a drive along the baseline during the third quarter of Indiana’s 90-86 win over the Sky, Clark made contact with an official standing out of bounds, and she was assessed a technical.A one-game suspension would mean Clark would miss the Fever’s game against the Liberty on Tuesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.However, it’s possible the WNBA could rescind the technical, which would allow Clark to play and put her back at seven technicals for the season.Clark seemed to express that possibility when she chatted with ESPN’s Holly Rowe on the court after Indiana’s victory.

“We’ll let the league decide, but it wasn’t intentional or anything,” Clark said.“I’m hoping it’s getting rescinded, Holly.

… I’ll see you on Tuesday.”Clark, after picking up her seventh tech in late July, said she was trying to balance being herself while also keeping her emotions in check so she wouldn’t be handed a suspension.“Just continue to try to control your emotions as best you can.That intensity and that fire is what makes me, me,” Clark said.

“But also knowing my team needs me, finding a good balance with that.I don’t think I’m going to be playing with that in the back of my head.”In the Fever’s 20th win of the year on Saturday, Clark scored 26 points and 7-of-15 shooting from the field — and 5-for-6 from beyond the arc.Clark’s technical wasn’t the only tense moment of the game, as Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant 2 penalty and ejected after fouling the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham from behind late in the first quarter....