WNBA career: Angel Reese’s reveals his massage to Caitlin Clark after Chicago Sky defeating the Indiana Fever 88-87 on Sunday.
With an 88-87 victory over the Indiana Fever on Sunday, Angel Reese gave the best performance of her nascent WNBA career.
With the Chicago Sky defeating the Indiana Fever 88-87 on Sunday, Angel Reese turned maybe the finest performance of her nascent WNBA career. The star of the Las Vegas Aces, A’ja Wilson, gave a frank evaluation of Reese’s play in an interview with the media the day after.
Reese set a rookie record in the WNBA and recorded her eighth straight double-double in the victory, which is the fourth-most by any player in history. Her career-high 25 points and 16 rebounds were accomplished.
It’s enormous. I believe I mentioned it during the Super Bowl. I thought, “That’s going to be the biggest thing for Angel—translation.” For Wilson, the Sky rookie, “just rebounding the basketball is translating from college to the pros.”
In a single game, Reese became the first rookie to score at least 25 points and pull down at least 15 rebounds since A’ja Wilson in 2018.
“She has a natural talent for it, something that not many people possess.” Thus, it’s kind of great to watch her succeed in that circumstance and in life,” she went on.
With 11.1 rebounds per game on average right now, Reese is second only to Wilson (11.6) in the WNBA.
Through Paloma Villicana of Fox5 Vegas, Wilson continued, saying, “I know there’s a lot that could be on her.” Despite all that might be going on around her, she continues to contribute and be dependable for her team. That’s quite significant. That’s not something you see in many novices. She’s accomplishing that on her own path and in her own way, and for that I am thankful.
Reese scores 13.2 points per game this season and leads the league in rebounding (21%), according to Her Hoop Stats.
Returning to action against the Indiana Fever Angel Reese attended Maryland for her first two years of college before transferring to LSU for her third year, where she helped the team win a title right away. She guided LSU to the Elite Eight this year, but Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes prevailed.
Angel Reese’s outstanding collegiate career and standout WNBA debut season are probably largely attributable to A’ja Wilson’s coaching. Reese’s aggressive, fiery, and self-assured play style is exactly what Chicago Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon looks for in her players.
When the Sky needed her most on Sunday, Reese gave an amazing performance. Reese’s tenacity and refusal to give up changed the tide when Indiana was up 82-70 versus Chicago and seemed ready to wrap up a 3-0 season series record.
Together with fellow newcomer Kamilla Cardoso, the rookie forward tightened up their defense in the last seven minutes of the game, scoring ten points and pulling down five rebounds. With 3:12 remaining, her pivotal and-1 play knotted the score at 82-82. After that, Reese made a basket to put Chicago ahead 86-84, sealing the close victory.
