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Eva Geitheim

Sophie Cunningham Called Out WNBA Refs for Giving Paige Bueckers Favorable Treatment

Sophie Cunningham felt Paige Bueckers was given favorable treatment by refs in the Wings' win over the Fever on Wednesday. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

The Fever narrowly fell to the Wings 81–80 on Tuesday, and Indiana walked away from the game displeased once again with the officiating.

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who was called for a flagrant foul on Wings guard Paige Bueckers, felt that the star rookie got unfair favorable treatment from the referees during the game. Cunningham was recently fined for criticizing officiating on a prior episode of her podcast, but did not hold back expressing her honest thoughts on the refs again.

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