Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham protest WNBA refs from sideline during Fever playoff game

Indiana Fever stars Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham have been relegated to cheerleaders after suffering season-ending injuries ahead of the playoffs But they still made an effort to impact the Fever's playoff challenge against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night During the first quarter Clark and Cunningham made a demonstrative gesture to authorities protesting that a Dream competitor should be called for traveling CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMFootage of their joint gesture went viral on social media CAITLIN CLARK FORMER FEVER TEAMMATE DEWANNA BONNER HAVE FIERY EXCHANGE DURING GAMELater in the event when executives did call a advance on Atlanta Clark was seen imitating the gesture again playfully The Fever went on to win the contest to even the series against the Dream at one encounter a piece The two teams will play a winner-take-all rubber contest on Thursday for the right to advance in the WNBA playoffs But the Fever will have to do so without their two biggest stars as they are not coming back this season Still the cameras are likely to be on the two sidelined stars often so long as the club is still playing Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter