Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury faced Rickea Jackson and the Los Angeles Sparks for the fourth and final game during the 2024 WNBA season on Tuesday night.
Griner and Jackson got into a heated dispute near the end of the second quarter that may have escalated into violence if the two had not been separated promptly
Despite their separation, the two stars continued to jaw at each other from a distance.
Both players were removed from the game and returned to the locker room. The altercation quickly went viral on Instagram, garnering over 50,000 likes as of writing.
On the post above, however, many fans saw this as an opportunity to troll Griner in the comments. Griner fired back at the critics while the game was still going on.
"And yo a** would of been someone b****," Griner wrote to another.
"Cuz mf's want to try me and they can get this action?" Griner responded to a third. Former NBA great Matt Barnes, who played in the league for 14 seasons,
didn't like Griner taking the fans' bait in the comments area and responded to the former Baylor Bears standout.
"You are too old for this lame a** comment section," Barnes remarked to Griner.