For weeks, Sophie Cunningham has been the Indiana Fever’s conscience, using podcasts and interviews to wage a verbal campaign against what she calls the “dangerous” physicality and poor officiating that has plagued her team.

Last night, in a crucial road game against the LA Sparks, the campaign turned from words into pure, unadulterated fire.

In a stunning eruption of frustration, Cunningham was ejected after launching a sustained “verbal assault” on the game’s officials, a dramatic climax to her one-woman crusade.

The moment that sent the fiery veteran over the edge came late in a tense, back-and-forth contest.

With the Fever’s five-game winning streak on the line, star center Aaliyah Boston drove hard to the basket and was met with a brutal foul from the Sparks’ Cameron Brink.

The whistle blew, but to the disbelief of the Fever bench, it was called a common foul, not the flagrant foul they felt it clearly warranted.

That was the final straw. Cunningham, who was on the bench at the time, leaped to her feet, her face a mask of rage. She stormed onto the court toward the nearest official, unleashing a furious tirade that was heard throughout the arena.