{"id":151245,"date":"2025-08-16T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151245\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:21:10","slug":"paige-bueckers-shoots-down-sophie-cunninghams-officiating-criticisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151245\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers shoots down Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s officiating criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paige Bueckers essentially responded to criticism from fellow WNBA star Sophie Cunningham with a shrug.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Indiana Fever\u2019s one-point loss to Bueckers and the Dallas Wings earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/sophie-cunningham-rips-refs-over-paige-bueckers-whistles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cunningham publicly lamented<\/a> what she believed were favorable calls for the former UConn point guard.<\/p>\n<p>Paige Bueckers guarded by Sophie Cunningham on Aug. 1. AP<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers scored 16 points but only attempted four free throws in the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Paige to death, do not get me wrong. I think she\u2019s a hell of a player and would love to play with her one day, but those refs were giving her every whistle last night,\u201d Cunningham said Wednesday on her \u201cShow Me Something\u201d podcast. \u201cYou literally couldn\u2019t touch her, couldn\u2019t touch her. That s\u2013t is so annoying to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you\u2019re going to do that, then give it to our guards. I just hate the inconsistency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked for her response before Friday\u2019s 97-96 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks, Buckers told reporters, \u201cEveryone is entitled to their own unique personal opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers, the first overall pick in the 2025 draft, is averaging 18.8 points and 5.4 assists in her first 27 WNBA games.<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers (l) and Cunningham (r) battle for a rebound. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>But the Wings are in last place in the Western Conference with a 9-25 record, with the victory over the Fever their only win in their past seven games.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham\u2019s gripes come amid chatter that their star, Caitlin Clark, does not draw foul calls as often as she should.<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers and Cunningham during an August game. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Clark is sidelined and the Fever are struggling to meet preseason aspirations without her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/16\/sports\/fevers-sophie-cunningham-jabs-caitlin-clark-with-hilarious-goat-debate-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cunningham caused a stir on social media Friday <\/a>by posting two photos on social media on Friday, one with her and goats and the other with her and Clark having a fun moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey smell the same, too,\u201d Cunningham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham (r) made comments about the calls Bueckers (l) receives. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Fever visit the league-worst Sun on Sunday and sit in seventh place in the WNBA with their 18-16 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers essentially responded to criticism from fellow WNBA star Sophie Cunningham with a shrug. 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