By now, it’s clear that Head Coach Stephanie White wears her emotions on her sleeve. Remember when, exactly a month ago, she lost her bracelet to it? Caitlin Clark, who was on the sidelines then, too, came to the rescue with a backup. She handed something over and said, “I think you need this for a good luck charm” (hands over friendship bracelet). “There you go.” To this, Steph laughed and replied, “I had one… and it fell off. It went everywhere,” all while swinging her arm to demonstrate it in classic Steph manner.

Tonight against the Aces, it was déjà vu. Caitlin Clark stepped in as the backup as Stephanie White let her emotions fly once more. Just like that, they had another sideline moment defining their relationship. During the final 6 minutes, when Indiana was ahead by 23 points, White loudly pleaded for a foul toward the nearest official. She eventually got T’d up for it. After that, the Prime Video broadcast straight away panned to Clark, who was seemingly enjoying White’s latest outburst at the officials.

Caitlin Clark even high-fived Stephanie White for it after clapping for a good 5 seconds. Once she sat back on the bench, the broadcast appeared to catch her shouting a fired-up expletive, too. It was a fierce display of competitiveness by both women. Eventually, Aaliyah Nye made a technical free throw to score a point. But it hardly made a dent on the commanding lead the Fever had built from the opening quarter. After the game, an interviewer asked White if she felt slighted by the officiating throughout the night, leading up to the technical foul at an inconsequential point of the game.

White gave a light-hearted response, in contrast to how fired up she had been during the game, as she said, “I don’t know about frustrations boiling over as more to just making a point,” White said to reporters postgame via Fieldhouse Files‘ Scott Agness. If history is anything to go by, then you already know that White doesn’t back down from calling out poor calls (or the lack of them). In her words, “Bad officiating is bad officiating.” She continued while laughing and said, “Caitlin said she’s got me though,” talking about the fine she received.

How though? “She just got a bonus,” White said. She was most likely referring to the $30,000 plus another $5,000 in cryptocurrency that each player on Indiana’s roster received for winning the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final against the Minnesota Lynx. And despite not performing due to her groin injury, Caitlin Clark received her share out of the total prize pool of $500,000 and another $120,000 in cryptocurrency.

Caitlin Clark covering the fines that aren’t hers…

Let’s take a trip down memory lane to the moment Caitlin Clark was hit with a Flagrant 1 by the refs for a hard foul on Angel Reese. Clark, in her defense, said it was a “good take foul.” She further added that she just wanted to stop an easy bucket and make Reese earn her points at the line. However, Angel Reese clearly wasn’t having it. She sprang right back up and got in Clark’s face. That forced Aliyah Boston to jump in as peacemaker.

Boston calmly pushed Reese back and even nudged Clark aside in the process. The refs handed out offsetting technicals to Reese and Boston. But hilariously, Aliyah Boston had no idea that she had gotten one until the postgame presser. When a reporter told her, her reaction was priceless; her jaw literally dropped.

But Caitlin Clark, being herself, was grateful for Boston’s backup, even if it came with a fine. “I appreciate AB having my back, I guess,” she told WISH-TV News. “I don’t know what she did, I didn’t see that. Have fun paying that fine… I got it for you, don’t worry. It’s real hefty.” Aliyah Boston then jokingly asked if they could split it, but Clark shut that down with a smile.

She insisted that she would cover the whole thing. Her sarcastic eyebrow raise at calling the $200 fine “real hefty” said it all. Even though she knew the WNBA’s tech fines start at $200 for the first three before going up. So while Boston’s stat sheet takes the hit, at least her wallet won’t pay the price for standing up for her teammate.