Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington ejected for foul on Fever’s Cunningham and posts ‘white privilege’
- DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected after a Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever.
- Cunningham was shooting a fast-break layup when Carrington hit her in the head and neck.
- Cunningham described the foul as 'absolutely' intentional and unnecessary.
- Fever coach Stephanie White stated that it was a hard foul but did not believe it was intentional.
- Cunningham reacted by charging at Carrington and pushing her after the foul.
CHICAGO (AP) — DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected Saturday after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever. Minutes later, Carrington posted on social media the words “WHITE PRIVILEGE” and tagged the Fever.
Cunningham, who is white, was shooting a fast-break layup in the first quarter when Carrington, who is Black, came from behind and hit her in the head and neck, knocking her to the court as the shot went in. Cunningham said she thought the foul in the 90-86 Indiana win was “absolutely” intentional.
“Clearly I think it was unnecessary,” Cunningham said. “I’ve never really spoken to her and I have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent up stuff.” Fever coach Stephanie White had a different view of the play. “It was a hard foul,” White said. “I don’t think that DiJonai intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did, but it did happen, and I thought it was the right call.”
Cunningham got up immediately, charged toward Carrington and pushed her as she was held back by a teammate. “I popped up,” Cunningham said. “I’m not going to let anyone just do that to me. I think everyone knows that. I think that’s why she did it because she wants attention.”
芝加哥的迪乔奈·卡林顿因对费弗的坎宁安犯规被驱逐，并发布‘白人特权’
芝加哥（美联社）——芝加哥天空队的迪乔奈·卡林顿因对印第安纳费弗队的索非亚·坎宁安犯规被驱逐，判罚为二级恶意犯规。几分钟后，卡林顿在社交媒体上发布了“白人特权”并标记了费弗队。
坎宁安是白人，在第一节进行快攻上篮时，卡林顿（黑人）从后方击打了她的头部和颈部，导致她摔倒在地，投篮成功。坎宁安表示，她认为在印第安纳以90-86获胜的比赛中，这次犯规“绝对”是故意的。
“显然，我认为这是不必要的，”坎宁安说。“我从来没有和她真正交谈过，我和她没有恩怨，但我想她有一些积压的情绪。”费弗队教练斯蒂芬妮·怀特对这一情况有不同看法。“这是一记硬犯规，”怀特说。“我不认为迪乔奈是故意要这样打她的，但确实发生了，我认为这是正确的判罚。”
坎宁安立即站起来，冲向卡林顿并推了她一下，随后被队友拉住。“我立刻站起来，”坎宁安说。“我不会让任何人这样对我。我想每个人都知道这一点。我想这就是她这样做的原因，因为她想引起注意。”