Caitlin Clark scored 24 points and added nine assists as the Indiana Fever beat the Phoenix Mercury 86-77 on Monday night in WNBA games that turned rough late. The win came with a heated fourth quarter that stretched to 44 minutes and ended with Myisha Hines-Allen ejected after a shove.
Caitlin Clark sets the pace
Clark handled the cleanest part of the game. She finished with 24 points and nine assists, giving Indiana the scoring and distribution it needed before the fourth quarter broke open into a sequence of technical fouls and confrontations.
The physical edge showed up when Clark and DeWanna Bonner got locked up on a possession with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter. After the two exchanged words, Clark was hit with her fifth technical foul of the season.
DeWanna Bonner and Myisha Hines-Allen
Sophie Cunningham jumped into the confrontation and pointed directly at Bonner, then later was caught laughing as the Mercury forward's meltdown escalated. Cunningham and Bonner were both assessed technical fouls, while Alyssa Thomas rushed in to defend Bonner.
Myisha Hines-Allen entered the scrum next. She was already given a technical foul moments earlier, then shoved Bonner and drew a second technical foul, which sent her out of the game.
Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury
The fourth quarter became the loudest part of the night because it kept stopping. Technical fouls, extra exchanges, and the ejection stretched the final period to 44 minutes, far longer than a normal closing stretch in a game that still had a score to settle on the floor.
The matchup carried more edge because of the history between Clark and Bonner. They had a physical postseason clash in 2024 that included shoves and swipes, and this game added another layer to that series of confrontations. Indiana still finished with the result that mattered most, but the late sequence left the Fever and Mercury with more to sort through than a simple final score.
