NEW YORK — The WNBA suspended Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas for one game on Thursday after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in Wednesday night’s matchup against Indiana.

It happened with 6:52 left in the second quarter and was deemed to be a non-basketball act. The league gave Thomas a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty for it. No foul was called on the play by officials.

The WNBA is allowed to review a game to reclassify a Flagrant foul or to classify as Flagrant any foul not called as such during a game. Thomas will serve her suspension on Saturday when the Mercury visit the Toronto Tempo.

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