Learn what triggered the NBA to create the clear path foul rule and how it changed fast-break defense forever.

Intentional fouls are the worst part of the [game] in every form," another fan wrote. "NBA has to go to Elam Ending (playing to a final score instead of the clock expiring).

Caitlin Clark said her foul on Angel Reese, upgraded to a flagrant foul, wasn't "malicious," and Reese appeared to agree after the Fever's rout of the Sky.

The WNBA rivalry between second-year stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese has taken a physical turn after tempers flared during Saturday's game.

Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese takes a hard foul from Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark during the Fever’s home opener at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 17.

The Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry added another chapter Saturday when Reese took exception to Clark’s hard foul with 4:38 left in the third quarter.

The Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry has added another chapter, but both sides insist that this foul was a "basketball play." ...

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese agreed on one thing Saturday: Their minor dustup during the season opener was just the result of a basketball play. Aside from that, Clark did most of the talking ...

Several fans and reporters criticized the Thunder for their extreme implementation of their intentional foul strategy when up three.

The answer is complicated and multi-layered. Intentional fouls and defensive islands The first layer is that some of those fouls from the Celtics were intentional. As was the case in the Pistons' ...

Draymond Green appeared to roll over Tari Eason and, intentionally or not, dropped his leg across Eason's head and received a Flagrant 2.