Sky’s Angel Reese takes warmth for cheering Caitlin Clark laborious foul, delivering tough field out

Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese took warmth on social media throughout Saturday’s 71-70 loss to the Indiana Fever amid an incident between her teammate Chennedy Carter and Caitlin Clark.

Clark was on the receiving finish of a tough hip-check from Carter within the third quarter. Because the whistle blew, the ESPN broadcast caught Reese getting up off the bench and showing to cheer on Carter. She was additionally the primary one to greet the veteran participant because the quarter ended.

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Later, Reese knocked Clark all the way down to the ground whereas making an attempt to dam out. Clark acquired up and appeared over to the WNBA referee for a foul name. There was none.

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However there was a storm of criticism on social media of Reese throughout and after the sport. She was known as out for cheering on Carter’s alleged “low cost shot” 

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Carter mentioned after the sport that she wasn’t answering any questions on Clark.

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Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, appears on in the course of the recreation in opposition to the Indiana Fever on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Jeff Haynes/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)

Clark informed reporters that she didn’t wish to retaliate in opposition to any Sky gamers and probably damage her group’s possibilities of profitable the sport.

“I wasn’t anticipating that, however it’s simply, ‘Reply, relax and let your play do the speaking.’ It’s what it’s,” she mentioned of the Carter incident, by way of the Indy Star.

Indiana’s win marked its first within the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup. 

Every group within the in-season match will play 5 video games in opposition to their convention rivals. The group from every convention with the highest report will compete within the remaining with $500,000 in prize cash on the road.

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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, smiles in opposition to the Chicago Sky in the course of the third quarter within the recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 1, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Andy Lyons/Getty Photos)

All video games are performed throughout a two-week interval from June 1 to June 13.

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