The Chicago Sky lost again. And this time, it appeared even more painful, as they fell by just one point. But beyond the frustrating defeat, there were quite a number of frustrating moments for the Sky, who were charged with 22 personal fouls during their 96-95 loss to the New York Liberty. One specific moment even had veteran guard Natasha Cloud visibly and loudly shouting during the game.

In a video clip of the moment WNBA Got Game shared on Instagram, Cloud was seen visibly frustrated after a play. She threw her hands in the air, clenched her fist, tossed it up and down in anger, screamed the F-word, and appeared to be saying, “What the f*** do I care?” The incident appeared to have happened in the second quarter of the game. But it was unclear what sequence of actions led to that reaction, especially considering the Sky were only trailing by two points at that stage of the game.

Ultimately, the game was quite a frustrating one for Chicago. They had 22 fouls compared to the Liberty’s 12. Two of the Sky players, Kamilla Cardoso and Sydney Taylor, both fouled out of the game. Natasha Cloud herself also received a technical foul for that reaction, alongside her three personal fouls. She did, however, contribute 11 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals. But that was obviously not enough, as the Sky still lost 96-95.

With that loss, the Chicago Sky have now gone four games without a win. They are sadly stringing together another losing streak this season, after their first one lasted five games. The team now sits at a 4-10 record and is 12th in the overall league standings.

They play the Dallas Wings in their next game. That will be an opportunity for them to turn the tide around. Hopefully, they can do that.

Tyler Marsh Calls Out Foul Disparity After Sky’s Painful Loss to Liberty

Chicago Sky head coach Tyler Marsh does not think the whistle went equally for both teams in their game against the New York Liberty. And he pointed that out when a reporter asked about the 22 fouls they recorded in the game compared to the Liberty’s 12.

“I think that’s a question for the officials. I don’t think New York was called for their first foul in that first quarter with about four minutes left,” coach Marsh said, speaking in the postgame conference. “It’s unfortunate that things like that happen. It’s really been a regular thing for us, our team competes hard night in and night out. And to have that against us is tough.”

For Marsh, the issue was not that the Sky were not committing any fouls. Rather, he felt the physicality was not being judged the same way on both ends of the court. “We can only control what we can control and again, I think I make this comment to the officials a lot. We are not fouling, it’s just that we are also getting fouled. So we would like that to get reciprocated on our end,” he added.

But regardless, Marsh still feels this was a noteworthy performance for his Sky team, especially with the caliber of teams they have had to face. And for him, a breakthrough is close enough. “But it’s a hard-fought effort, it’s three straight games against top teams going toe to toe. So we wanna be proud of that, at the same time we wanna come out at the other end of it. So we know we are not far away,” Marsh said.

Of course, they have played the Dream, Fever and now the New York Liberty in their last three games. All of these are among the top teams in the league. But then, their next game is not an easy one either, as they face the Dallas Wings. Hopefully, they can get a positive result out of that game.