If you had any doubts about Sophie Cunningham’s ability to captivate the social media universe, well, the finger is now pointed directly at you.Maybe most of the discourse in the WNBA this week revolves around her Indiana Fever teammate, Caitlin Clark, and a beef with referees about technical fouls and missed calls. But there was a hilariously saucy spin-off to Monday night’s dust-up involving Clark and Phoenix’s DeWanna Bonner: Cunningham once again asserting her place as the center of attention.A quick recap: In the fourth quarter of the Fever’s eventual 86-77 win over the Mercury, Clark and Bonner got tangled up and exchanged words after referees whistled the play dead. They were separated quickly — Cunningham was one of the first Fever players on the floor to Clark’s side — but emotions didn’t die down.Moments later, Bonner and Cunningham became the focal point of the ongoing trash-talking, with Bonner issuing choice words to Cunningham and pointing at her. Cunningham maintained eye contact and wordlessly pointed back … and kept pointing … and kept pointing … and kept pointing, for roughly 22 seconds, until a seemingly amused Fever staff member redirected her toward the bench.
Both players received technical fouls for the exchange, but that was hardly the point.The point was the Internet meme machine taking over.
