The Indiana Fever were left angered after officiating calls went against them in Saturday's defeat to the New York Liberty.

New York claimed a 90-88 win over the Fever, who were left to lament some refereeing decisions in the closing stages.

Natasha Cloud, the Liberty guard, seemed to get away with a foul on DeWanna Bonner, before Lexie Hull was called for a foul on Sabrina Ionescu.

The latter's free-throws put the Fever into the lead, though Indiana may have levelled had Cloud not knocked the ball away from Caitlin Clark, whose appeals for a foul fell on deaf ears.

Indiana coach Stephanie White was not impressed with the officiating.

"I thought it was egregious, honestly. I thought it was obvious," White said of the call not to award a foul for Cloud's block on Bonner.

"It was an offensive player veering into the defensive player's path. We have to be able to play through it. But at the same time, I feel like it's really disrespectful.

"There's a system to making sure we can send [concerns about officiating] in and communicate our grievances, so to speak.

"I don't know that I ever feel like the system works. We're not looking for a change, we're just looking for consistency."

It came down to the finals seconds and Tash said GIMME THAT pic.twitter.com/C7faluYLwj

— New York Liberty (@nyliberty) May 24, 2025

Clark was also far from pleased.

"That's probably what's frustrating about it. We are two possessions from being 4-0," Clark said.

"But there were so many little areas of this game we could have improved. It definitely stings, but this is what's going to make us better at the end of the year."

New York coach Sandy Brondello, meanwhile, was thrilled with her team's grit as they ground out a hard-fought win.

"I'm proud of how we hung in there," Brondello said.

"We've been though some mud before, and it was a muddy game. But we know how to get out of it if we just commit to being consistently great with how we should play. We got it back. We found a way to win. We had good defense near the end."