Chicago Sky rookie ahead Angel Reese has skilled her first “welcome to the league” second. On Saturday, her crew took on the Connecticut Solar, through which they fell brief 86-82. Late within the third quarter, Reese went up for a rebound, and Solar ahead Alyssa Thomas gave a very good old school clothesline to Reese’s neck. She was knocked down and, fortuitously, received again up with grace.
Thomas was referred to as for a flagrant foul 2 and ejected from the sport. Here is how the play transpired.
Whereas the foul was exhausting and appeared malicious, Reese was the primary to say that she would not view it as private, the truth is, she encourages it. She spoke to the media after the sport and mentioned ‘it is all basketball.’
“It isn’t simply because I am a rookie. I am a participant. I am a basketball participant,” Reese said.“They do not give a rattling if I am a rookie. I imply, I need them to come back at me on daily basis. I need them to come back at everyone.”
“I imply, they are not imagined to be good to me. I hope y’all know that. They don’t seem to be imagined to be good to me or lay down as a result of I am Angel Reese or as a result of I am a rookie. Like, thanks AT for sending a message to me as a result of I received again up and I stored going and stored pushing. Like me and AT have been cool since we have been at Maryland so I do know it is no exhausting emotions. I respect her for going at me at this time or on daily basis.”
“I imply, they are not imagined to be good to me. I hope y’all know that. They don’t seem to be imagined to be good to me or lay down as a result of I am Angel Reese or as a result of I am a rookie.”
In her dwelling debut, Angel Reese received knocked down (exhausting) however is not complaining.https://t.co/2SPI3aZs3a
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) May 26, 2024
The 22-year-old rookie hails from Maryland and attended Maryland College for her first two seasons in faculty. Humorous sufficient, Thomas additionally attended Maryland and was the fourth total decide within the 2014 WNBA Draft. Earlier than the sport, Resse expressed her admiration for Thomas. After the sport, that remained the identical, however Reese mentioned she did not suppose Thomas’ foul was malicious.
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“No exhausting emotions to AT,” Reese said. “I do know she purposely most likely did not do it in the direction of me, however simply with the ability to come on the market and simply be sturdy and stand on two ft, it was going to be a troublesome recreation and that is what I am constructed for.”
In 4 regular-season video games up to now, Reese averages 12.3 factors per recreation, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals, and 35.7 p.c capturing from the sector. As we have seen in her time at LSU, Reese is not shy about getting bodily and can play her recreation regardless.
The Chicago Sky sit at 2-2, with their subsequent matchup at dwelling towards the Seattle Storm.
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