Clark and Coach White Say Timeout Exchange Was Competitive, Not a Rift After Fever Loss

Caitlin Clark and coach Stephanie White said Monday there are no issues between them after an animated discussion during a timeout in Indiana's 100-84 loss to Portland on Saturday. The loss dropped the Fever to 4-4. Clark told reporters the two are competitive people who want to win.

"A lot of those things happen all the time, and I know there's a camera on me, and that's how it's going to be," she said. She added that people in the media or on TV think they know a lot of things and are blatantly wrong about a lot of things. White was addressing the team during the timeout with Clark sitting directly in front of her.

White appeared to jab her finger in the air in Clark's direction. Clark outstretched her arms to the side before raising them and later stood up, moved behind White and shook her head. "I think what happened in that moment is I was challenging a player," White said.

"It's coaching, it's what it is. " Clark said when she got hurt at the Connecticut game last year she bawled in White's arms. "That's somebody I will ride for for the rest of my life," she said. White said the incident is not a story and that social media and a desire to drive online readership has blown things out of proportion.

"We're both competitive, we're both stubborn," White said. " She added that both are emotional people who want the best for each other and the team. 8 points per game.

1 points per game. 4. Clark has defended 34 isolations over the last four games, the most by any player over a four-game span in the past three seasons, according to GeniusIQ.

The Fever are riding a two-game losing streak and host Atlanta, which is 5-2, on Thursday when both teams begin Commissioner's Cup play. "I'm not perfect and I know I'm not perfect," Clark said. " White said Clark is going to continue to grow in that area and that collectively it is about team defense.