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After Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson had a heated confrontation with a fan in Indiana, Fever star Sophie Cunningham didn't shy away from making a specific "point."
On Tuesday night, the Aces faced the Fever in Game 2 of their best-of-three WNBA first-round playoff series. Cunningham and the Fever won 99-89, but the game's biggest story became Wilson's exchange with a fan near the baseline.
The verbal altercation occurred in the game's fourth quarter after referees called a foul on Cunningham as Wilson was trying to move past her to get into the paint. Cunningham fell on the court and expressed her confusion over the foul call.
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On the court, Wilson took exception to a fan pointing at her from near the baseline. She removed her mouth guard, then pointed at the fan and yelled something. Wilson continued to yell at the fan as she walked off the court and went to the fan's seat to further confront them.
Read more: A’ja Wilson Gets Into Heated Confrontation With Fan at Aces-Fever Playoff Game
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Teammates and personnel intervened to get Wilson away from the fans in the seats. She received a technical foul for leaving the court to confront the fan, who was briefly removed from their seat. The fan eventually returned later in the fourth, and the Fever released a statement about their investigation into what occurred.
On Wednesday afternoon, Cunningham shared a new TikTok video seemingly joking about the connection between Tuesday night's in-game incident and her viral moment from earlier this year.
"Not trying to be dramatic at all, like seriously. I was just here having my morning coffee, and what a damn comeback year for the point," she said, pointing at the camera. "Who would have ever thought? Just who would have ever thought?"
"IYKYK...Yikes," a text overlay said on her TikTok video.
Cunningham had her famous in-game moment during the Fever's June 22 regular-season game against the Phoenix Mercury. All-Star Caitlin Clark received a technical foul in that game for arguing with forward DeWanna Bonner.
The Fever's Cunningham then kept pointing at Bonner to ask the referees why she didn't receive a technical foul also. That finger point quickly went viral, leading to animated GIFs and various memes.
Jokes aside, Cunningham and the Fever have more basketball to play, and things were certainly intense in the second game.
With Tuesday night's win, the Fever evened their series at 1-1, with the decisive Game 3 occurring on Thursday night in Las Vegas. One has to imagine Wilson has plenty of extra incentive to lead her team to a big win in front of the Aces' home-court fans.
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