The Indiana Fever needed to answer back to the Aces in a must-win Game 2. They did just that, and Caitlin Clark made WNBA playoff history. However, the postgame discussions have revolved around an off-court incident involving Aces star A’ja Wilson and a courtside fan. Now, Aces HC Becky Hammon has given her take on the whole issue.

“I think there’s a certain etiquette that both players and fans need to abide by, but clearly there’s something that gets- the lines get crossed, and it seems to happen here,” Hammon said in the post-game press conference.

“I’m not, I mean, like I said, I don’t, I can’t speak specifically to what was said or what was done, but I could speak to the character of our players and stuff that they deal with and, you know, the disrespect, whether that’s a word or an action, a gesture should be addressed appropriately.”

“And it’s- that’s not my job; it’s the job of this arena, so I assume they’re following protocol. Well, I’ll say this: I didn’t exactly see what happened. I kind of saw the aftermath. I’ve never seen A’ja Wilson go like that, so whatever was done, I can tell you she felt very disrespected in that moment.”

The incident happened with around 4:10 left on the clock in the fourth quarter. Wilson attempts to go past a screen set by Sophie Cunningham and ends up drawing contact with her. While Cunningham goes down, Wilson moves towards a fan sitting behind the basket and appears to say something, and officials and her teammates had to be involved in separating her from the crowd.

Wilson appeared quite animated during the exchange, and her statement after the game reflected that.

“If I see a man come at me, taking steps toward me and pointing at me, I don’t give a damn what you said. I don’t give a damn how you said it, the tone; that is unacceptable,” she said.

“You don’t know me to step toward me and point at me. I’m not for that s*** at all. That there is unacceptable.”

The fan involved in the incident was taken away from his seat for a while, only to return later. The Indiana Fever later released a statement explaining that the fan was taken in for questioning, but after finding that his conduct was within acceptable standards, he was allowed to return for the rest of the game.

Wilson, naturally, wasn’t too pleased with this.

“And how he gets back in the game because they said he didn’t do anything? Of course he did, and that’s fine,” she said.

After the incident, Wilson was given a technical foul for her conduct, and Cunningham was given a personal foul.

The drama did not end there, though, as Wilson wasn’t the only one who lost her cool in those moments.

Former Indiana Fever player and credentialed media person Sydney Colson and WNBA analyst Theresa Plaisance also had to be escorted by security personnel after they got into an altercation with a fan.

All this had no impact on Caitlin Clark, though, who finished the night with 27 points, 15 assists, and 7 rebounds. Clark became the first player in WNBA history to post that stat line in a single game.

Clark made her intentions clear right from the start, as she dropped 14 points and 11 assists in the first 20 minutes, again setting the WNBA record as the first player to score a double-double in the first half of a playoff game.

In the Game 1 loss, Stephanie White called out her players for their lack of intensity. Clark and Co. certainly paid attention to that in this game.

“I thought her energy from start to finish- I mean, a double-double in the first half was pretty incredible,” White said after the game. “The way she moved the ball, attacked from multiple positions. … You always expect to be able to make shots and facilitate. But I thought how she managed the game was really good, and her defensive energy I thought was terrific. It’s what we need from her.”

Indiana will certainly hope that Clark can maintain that form in the series finale. The Fever are chasing their first title since 2012, while the Aces will be looking to advance to the semifinals and defend their crown as WNBA champions.