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The WNBA suspended Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas one game Thursday, retroactively upgrading her contact with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark to a Flagrant Foul 2 after officials missed the call during Wednesday night's 111-109 Mercury win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The league found Thomas "recklessly" drove her fist into Clark's throat area with 6:52 left in the second quarter — a play the WNBA classified as a non-basketball act.
Thomas will serve the suspension June 27 when Phoenix visits the Toronto Tempo. What the League Saw on Film Review The incident went unpenalized in real time.
Clark drove toward the basket and went to the floor during a scramble; Thomas made fist-to-throat contact that referees did not flag.
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