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Angel Reese is Trending After Getting Thrown On Top of Chennedy Carter
On Friday, Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky were defeated by Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun 82-80. The Sky fell to 11-17 on the season while the Sun jumped to 21-7.
With four minutes left in the game, Sky guard Chennedy Carter went down under the basket in some pain after attempting a shot. The Sky got the ball back, and while Michaela Onyenwere was attempting a move to the basket, Reese was shoved to the floor by Thomas, landing on top of Carter’s leg.
The referees reviewed the play to see if it was a flagrant foul, but was ultimately deemed a personal on Thomas.
Carter was down for a few seconds but did not miss any playing time. She finished with 19 points on 7-of-18 shooting, six rebounds and four assists.
Reese had another great game on the boards but struggled with her shot. She tallied 13 points on 25% shooting and 20 rebounds. This marked the second straight game with 20 rebounds for the former LSU Tigers star.
Reese and the Sky will take on the Las Vegas Aces in their next game on Sunday, August 25. They have now lost three of their four games following the Olympic break and are in danger of losing their playoff position. No. 9 seed Atlanta Dream stands at 10-18.
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: Crowd Goes Wild For Caitlin Clark And Indiana Fever Against Dallas Wings
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Caitlin Clark scores 28, Fever overcome Arike Ogunbowale’s record-tying 9 3s and beat Wings 100-93
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 28 points and 12 assists and the Indiana Fever overcame a record-tying nine 3-pointers from Arike Ogunbowale in a 100-93 victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 36 points, including a 3 that gave the Fever a four-point lead with 1:58 remaining in a meeting of teams that entered with matching three-game winning streaks.
Ogunbowale finished 9 of 16 from long range — beating her previous career best of seven 3s — and scored 34 points. The All-Star Game MVP missed two attempts at a record 10th 3-pointer, including one with the Wings trailing by six in the final minute.
Ogunbowale, who tied a career high with eight rebounds, matched the league record for 3s held by Mitchell (2019) and Seattle’s Jewell Loyd (2023).
“I salute people like Arike because off the court, we’re really great friends,” Mitchell said. “We tend to work out and train together in the offseason. I wasn’t expecting any other way coming from a person like that.”
“When you have two guards that are both making plays, it puts the other team in the tough position of what to take away, who to put on who,” Clark said. “We’re definitely shooting it well. We’re playing off each other well. We’re looking for each other, and we’re getting downhill, too. I think it’s been a good balance of everything.”
Clark was coming off a career-high 31 points in a win over fellow rookie of the year contender Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.
She set a WNBA record with 19 assists in her first regular-season visit to Texas in the game before the Olympic break, a 101-93 Indiana loss when the Fever were on the edge of the playoff picture.
Now, Indiana (17-16) is above .500 for the first time with Clark and solidly in the playoff mix while the Wings (9-23) are still hoping to recover from a slow start triggered by several key injuries. Dallas, which won its first playoff series last year, is two games out of the final postseason spot with eight remaining.
The Fever are 6-1 since the Olympic break with three of those victories on the road. The reward is six consecutive home games starting Wednesday against the last-place Los Angeles Sparks before the regular-season finale at Washington.
“They’ve laid it out there. We just keep talking about emptying our tank,” Indiana coach Christie Sides said. “The confidence that they’re playing with, I’m proud of the road games. The road games have been tough. We just keep talking about momentum, keeping our foot on the gas.”
After making her eighth 3-pointer in the third quarter, Ogunbowale was called for a foul for not giving Kelsey Mitchell a landing area on a 3.
The Wings challenged, and lost, which led to Ogunbowale getting a technical foul. The Fever scored five points on that possession, cutting their deficit to 67-64 after Dallas had taken its biggest lead at 64-55 less than two minutes earlier.
Mitchell added two free throws after her crucial 3 as the Fever scored eight consecutive points for a 99-91 lead with 39 seconds remaining.
Satou Sabally scored 25 points, and Natasha Howard had 18 points and nine assists for the Wings. NaLyssa Smith had 14 points and eight rebounds for Indiana.
