Alyssa Thomas Suspended One Game for Throat Contact on Caitlin Clark

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Alyssa Thomas Suspended One Game for Throat Contact on Caitlin Clark

Thomas received a Flagrant Foul 2 and one-game suspension after the WNBA reviewed her contact with Clark’s throat area, calling it a “non-basketball act.” The incident came with 6:52 left in the second quarter of Phoenix’s 111-109 win over Indiana, and Thomas will serve the suspension June 27 against the Toronto Tempo.

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