2026年6月25日 美国东部时间下午3:48 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
WNBA周四表示，菲尼克斯水星队的阿莉莎·托马斯因在周三晚间的比赛中击打印第安纳狂热队后卫凯特琳·克拉克的喉咙，被判处恶意犯规并停赛一场。
此次击打发生在甘布里奇体育馆举行的狂热队与水星队比赛的第二节还剩6分52秒时，当时两人正争抢篮球，托马斯的拳头击中了克拉克的喉咙。
当时裁判并未判罚犯规，狂热队主教练斯蒂芬妮·怀特在赛后评论中将这一情况称为“令人无法容忍的疏漏”。
“这次进攻没有被吹罚……这球必须要吹，”怀特说道，并补充道，当时未判罚犯规“绝对不可接受”。
2026年6月22日，在印第安纳波利斯甘布里奇体育馆，菲尼克斯水星队前锋阿莉莎·托马斯在对阵印第安纳狂热队后卫凯特琳·克拉克时持球突破。布莱恩·斯普尔洛克/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
WNBA联盟办公室可以对任何比赛进行回看，若认为有必要，可以判定恶意犯规，或将已吹罚的犯规改判为恶意犯规。WNBA的回看认定“托马斯做出了非篮球动作”，其鲁莽地击打了克拉克的喉咙。
WNBA表示，托马斯将在6月27日水星队主场对阵多伦多节奏队的比赛中执行停赛处罚。
这并非联盟首次将针对克拉克的犯规升级判罚。上赛季，当时效力于康涅狄格太阳队的玛丽娜·梅布里在对阵印第安纳的比赛中被吹罚技术犯规，联盟随后将其升级为二级恶意犯规。
克拉克在第二节晚些时候的三分投篮过程中也遭到了犯规。投篮后她摔倒在地，起身时被拍到捂着背部。这次犯规并未被升级为恶意犯规。克拉克最终在第三节比赛中离场，全场20分钟的出场时间里得到19分并送出8次助攻。水星队最终以111比109获胜。
据哥伦比亚广播公司体育频道报道，克拉克有背部伤病史，包括5月份因伤缺席对阵波特兰火焰队的比赛。上赛季她因下肢问题仅出战13场比赛。
水星队与狂热队周一晚间也进行了一场比赛，那场比赛共吹罚6次技术犯规和1次驱逐出场。克拉克在那场比赛中吃到了本赛季第5次技术犯规。球队曾向联盟请愿撤销这次判罚，但WNBA确认该技术犯规处罚有效。
WNBA suspends Alyssa Thomas for hitting Caitlin Clark in the throat
June 25, 2026 3:48 PM EDT / CBS/AP
The Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas has received a flagrant foul penalty and been suspended for one game after hitting Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark in the throat during a game Wednesday night, the WNBA said Thursday.
The hit happened with 6 minutes and 52 seconds left in the second quarter of the Fever-Mercury game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Thomas’ fist made contact with Clark’s throat while the two scrambled for the ball.
In the moment, no foul was called by referees, which Fever coach Stephanie White called “egregious” in comments after the game.
“The fact that it was a no-call … You got to call it,” White said, adding that the lack of a foul in the moment was “absolutely unacceptable.”
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas drives to the basket against Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on June 22, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The WNBA’s League Office can review any game and assign a flagrant foul, or reclassify a called foul as a flagrant foul, if they believe such measures are warranted. The WNBA’s review “deemed (Thomas) to have committed a non-basketball act” by recklessly making contact with Clark’s throat.
The WNBA said that Thomas will serve her suspension on June 27, when the Mercury play the Toronto Tempos at home.
This isn’t the first time the league has upgraded a foul against Clark. Last season, Marina Mabrey, playing for the Connecticut Sun at the time, was called for a technical foul in a game against Indiana. The league later upgraded it to a Flagrant 2.
Clark was also fouled while shooting a 3-pointer later in the second quarter. She fell to the ground after the shot and was seen grabbing her back as she got back up. That foul was not upgraded to a flagrant. Clark eventually left the game during the third quarter, after scoring 19 points and racking up eight assists in 20 minutes of play. The Mercury went on to win 111-109.
Clark has a history of back issues, including missing a game against the Portland Fire in May because of it, according to CBS Sports. Clark was limited to 13 games last season due to lower-body issues.
The Mercury and the Fever also played on Monday night, a game during which there were six technical fouls called and one ejection. Clark picked up her fifth technical of the season in that game. The team petitioned the league to have it rescinded, but the WNBA confirmed that the technical will stand.
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