Some of the technical fouls called on Clark were plainly ridiculous. Hopefully we can see her express some emotion in the postseason without a needless whistle from the referees. That will make the games better and it will make her mother, Anne Nizzi-Clark, very happy as well.

She slapped the stanchion following a foul call against her, leading to both a personal foul and a technical. Clark is now tied for second in the league for technical fouls, along with Mercury guards Diana Taurasi and Kahleah Copper.

Caitlin Clark might have drawn an expensive technical foul if not for some savvy prevention from her teammates. During the second quarter of the Fever’s 110-109 win over the Wings on Sunday, Clark drove to the basket and drew contact — but when the whistle blew,

"I don't want to be getting technicals at all. And my mom doesn't want that for me either and I don't want to pay any more fines."

Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark was one technical foul away from missing the WNBA regular-season finale. Thanks to her teammates, she didn’t get one.In Sunday’s 110-109 win over the Dallas Wings, Clark was ready to go off on the referees after getting called for a loose ball foul late in the second quarter.