INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was assessed her fifth technical foul of the season in Monday’s 86-77 victory over the Phoenix Mercury after an on-court dispute that resulted in multiple players being penalized. Clark is closing in on eight technical fouls this season, which would trigger an automatic one-game suspension, per WNBA rules.“We should all just go on the calendar now and pick a game that I’m gonna be suspended for if I’m gonna get technicals for clapping,” Clark said.The technical foul was the result of a skirmish Clark had with her former Fever teammate, Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner. Clark fouled Bonner at the 7:57 mark of the fourth quarter as Bonner tried to post Clark up at the free-throw line. After officials whistled the play dead, Clark and Bonner appeared to take exception to the physicality of the play and exchanged words before teammates and officials separated them.Clark continued to clap in the direction of a few Phoenix players, which she said resulted in official Gerda Gatling assessing her a technical foul for “instigating.” Clark called out Gatling by name after the game, vehemently disagreeing with how the referee handled the kerfuffle with Bonner.