Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham recently revealed the origin of the pointing meme on her podcast.
Cunningham addressed the viral meme of her pointing on the court June 27 on “Show Me Something,” a podcast Cunningham hosts with childhood friend and reality TV star West Wilson. The moment happened after Indiana Fever phenom Clark and Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner got in an altercation June 22 that resulted in Clark receiving a foul. Cunningham said she then began talking with the referee while pointing toward Bonner.
Cunningham recalled telling the ref, “‘Now, Caitlin got one, but why didn’t [Bonner] get one? Because if Caitlin is going to get one, then she should have gotten one. It shouldn’t have been one or the other.’ And I was just kind of pointing, and [Bonner was] like, ‘Don’t you point at me!’ And I was like, ‘Oh, shouldn’t have said that,’”
Cunningham told her co-host she then pointed at Bonner without saying a word.
“I’m telling you, everyone’s, like, ‘That is so dumb.’ I think it’s dumb,” Cunningham said on the podcast. “But it was pissing her off, and I couldn’t help myself … She was losing her s***, and all I was doing was literally pointing.”
Sophie Cunningham on her viral pointing meme:
“I think it’s dumb. But it was pissing her off, and I couldn’t help myself” 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/aQU0AuCM24
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) June 27, 2026
During the June 22 game, an altercation between Clark and Bonner led to the former receiving a foul. The two players then got into a verbal dispute while Mercury Forward Alyssa Thomas and Fever forward Myisha Hines-Allen also had a confrontation. Cunnigham then pointed her finger at Bonner, prompting the Mercury player to return the favor. Officials ultimately assigned technical fouls to Clark, Bonner, Cunningham, Thomas and Hines-Allen.
Cunningham also addressed the apparent wave of violence against Clark. The most recent incident saw Thomas’ fist seemingly hit Clark’s throat while she was on the ground during a June 24 game.
“During real time last night, I did not see that happen,” Cunningham said. “None of our team saw it happen because, I promise you, if we would have seen that happen, we would have had her back. Unfortunately, this type of shit happens every single game to her, and the league and the [referees] do absolutely nothing about it.” (RELATED: DUKE: The WNBA Finally Got Its Superstar — And Hates That She’s White)
Cunningham was also asked about the WNBA’s 30-year celebration poster that did not include Clark.
“It is a joke. This is why Cathy [Engelbert, the WNBA commissioner] and the WNBA is getting lit up on social media. Because you are leaving out a generational — the best player to ever go to the WNBA,” Cunningham said.
Cunningham herself was on the poster, a decision she did not approve of. “Why are we putting random players on there? I’m one of them.”
Sports analyst Darren Rovell suggested on June 25 that Clark was left off the poster because, outside her licensing deal with Nike, the player doesn’t allow the WNBA to use her image — only her name and number.