DiJonai Carrington said she didn't intentionally poke Kaitlyn Clark in the eye on Sunday, as WWE did.
SunGard players appeared upset by the story after being asked before Game 2 on Wednesday whether they intentionally poked the Fever's rookie star during Connecticut's 93-69 win.
Clark dropped to his knees and held his eye after being hit and later suffered bruising around his eye, but Carrington was not fouled on the play.
“I don't even know why someone would want to hit someone in the eye. It just doesn't make sense to me.” “It's a big part of what we're doing,” Carrington said during shooting practice on Tuesday.“But that's not the case. I actually didn't know it hit her. I think I was just trying to hit the ball and just carried on and it hit her. So it was obviously not intentional and I'm not that type of player.”
There has been some speculation in recent days about Carrington's intentions in making the play and whether there was any foul play behind it.
The play occurred early in the first quarter of what would eventually become a blowout Suns win when Carrington tried to block a pass from Clark but was hit in the eye on the follow-through.
One of the early talking points of the season has centered around how opponents have been quite physical with Clark this season.
Clark didn't play well after that, finishing with just 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting and 2-of-13 3-pointers.
When a reporter further asked if it was possible that Carrington and teammate Marina Mabry were laughing about the situation later in the game, she again denied the premise.
“No,” Carrington said, “I just said I didn't know I hit her, so I can't laugh about something I didn't know about.”
Mr Clarke also denied that Mr Carrington had deliberately tried to harm her.
“It was never intentional.” Clark on Tuesday He laughed and said, “I just saw the play. I didn't do it on purpose.”
Clark and the Fever must win Wednesday's game in Uncasville, Connecticut, to salvage their season and advance to a win-or-lose Game 3 on Friday night.
The Sun are favored by six points on DraftKings.
