Diana tasi and Natasha Cloud are the first two WNBA players to be suspended from the league due to accumulated technical fouls this will be a great lesson especially to the players who are used to fouling Caitlyn Clark Diana tasi and Natasha Cloud picked up their seventh technical foul of the season during the Phoenix Mercury's 97 to 79 loss to the Las Vegas Aces Cloud's technical came first as she clashed with Kelsey Plum over what she perceived as excessive pushing off frustrated with the lack of a call cloud argued with the referee and was hit with a tech late in the second quarter tas's technical followed in the third quarter while Phoenix was trying to cut into a massive 28 point deficit her Tech was more puzzling as it occurred away from the play leaving fans and commentators confused Mercury head coach Nate tibits acknowledged the growing frustration within the team not just from the technicals but from their recent poor performances Phoenix is on a three-game losing streak and has lost four of their last five games dropping them to Seventh Place in the standings they are now now just one game ahead of the 8 seat Chicago sky and Atlanta Dream with a potential suspension looming the Mercury could be without two of their most crucial players in their upcoming game against the dream despite her age tasi remains a key scorer averaging 15.3 points per game while Cloud leads the team and assists with 6.8 per game tibits knows the challenge ahead losing Talent like this is frustrating but we have to move forward and find a way to win Phoenix's playoff hopes hinge on their ability to snap this losing streak and the absence of tasi and Cloud could not come at a worst time their next game against the dream will be critical as they try to secure their spot in the postseason