The WNBA had to step in and handle business after the refs completely went sleep mode during Wednesday night’s matchup. On Thursday, the league officially suspended Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, retroactively upgrading her uncalled hit on Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark to a Flagrant Foul 2. Real talk, this wasn’t even basketball—it was straight-up wild behavior on the court, and the league had no choice but to lay down the law after the tape went viral.

The drama popped off in the second quarter of Phoenix’s tight 111-109 road win. Clark was driving the lane, got bumped, and hit the hardwood. While she was down, Thomas and DeWanna Bonner dove for the loose ball, and things got incredibly messy. Replay showed Thomas landing a knee to Clark's groin, followed by a closed fist straight to her throat as she fell. To make it even crazier, Thomas stood up and stepped right over her like she was Allen Iverson over Tyronn Lue. Somehow, Clark still had the focus to dish the rock to Aliyah Boston from the floor.

But here is the wildest part: the refs on the court didn't blow a single whistle. No foul, no technical, nothing. That absolute blind spot had Fever head coach Stephanie White ready to lose her mind. In her postgame press conference, White went off on the officiating crew, calling them out for letting players take cheap shots at the league’s biggest draw without any consequences.

"We have a generational talent and a WNBA superstar who had two cheap shots right there that weren’t called," White told the media, keeping it a hundred. "And I just say, again, [it’s] absolutely unacceptable." White made it clear that the refs are treating the third-year guard differently, letting defenders get away with extra physical contact.

Things got even more heated less than a minute later. Mercury forward Valeriane Ayayi fouled Clark on a three-point shot, completely taking away her landing space. Clark came down hard on Ayayi’s foot, which is a major injury risk. White wanted that upgraded to a flagrant, but after the refs checked the monitors, they decided to keep it a common foul. White was not having it.

"No 1, you gotta call it. It’s absolutely egregious and utterly disrespectful," White said, letting the league know exactly how she felt. "And then No 2, you’re coming in here aware of what happened two nights ago, and that shit still happens? Absolutely unacceptable."

White was talking about the absolute battle that went down on Monday night. The Fever took that game 86-77, but it was a certified physical altercation from start to finish. That game saw six technical fouls get handed out—including ones to both Clark and Thomas—and a player got ejected. So the refs knew there was bad blood coming into Wednesday, but they still let things get completely out of hand.