Christie Sides defended her decision to bench Caitlin Clark in the third quarter of the Indiana Fever’s 72-89 loss to the Connecticut Sun Monday night.
‘We were down 28 and I wanted to put a group in there that would get out and play some defense,’ she told reporters when asked why she pulled her starters from the floor midway through the third quarter.
‘I’m really proud of that group that went out there … they played hard,’ she added.
Sides also publicly blasted her team over a perceived lack of effort throughout the game at Mohegan Sun Arena.
‘I’m gonna start with how you can’t, at this level, coach effort,’ Sides explained.
Christie Sides defended her decision to bench Caitlin Clark amid the Fever’s
Christie Sides defended her decision to bench Caitlin Clark amid the Fever’s 72-89 loss
Sides pulled her starters from the floor midway through the third quarter of the.
Sides pulled her starters from the floor midway through the third quarter of the game
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trying to ask them to keep playing hard, play hard. You can’t start there. You can’t play in this league if you have to coach effort. It’s just too hard.’
Clark finished with her fourth-fewest points of the season, going three of eight from the field for 10 points – all in the first half. She picked up her fourth foul with 4:41 left in the third quarter and did not play in the final period.
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