Angel Reese is EJECTED from Chicago Sky’s game against New York Liberty… one day after saying she’ll continue to be the WNBA’s ‘bad guy’
Angel Reese was ejected late in the final quarter of the Chicago Sky’s 88-75 loss to the New York Liberty Tuesday night.
With 2:31 left in the contest, Reese got whistled for her fifth personal foul after reaching into Liberty center Jonquel Jones following an offensive rebound.
After flirting with fouling out, Reese appeared to have said something to the official Charles Watson that led to a technical foul.
While her choice of words remains a mystery, Reese waived Watson off as she walked away – resulting in a successive tech that led to her ejection.
As her teammates stood stiff, puzzled by what transpired, the Chicago crowd booed while Reese walked into the tunnel. The rookie finished the game with 13 points and ten rebounds in 24 minutes.
Angel Reese was ejected in the fourth quarter of the Sky’s loss to the Liberty on Tuesday
Angel Reese was ejected from tonight’s game:pic.twitter.com/dEqIBWlFKa
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 5, 2024
‘Ref that threw out @reese10angel is weak btw… You know who are (keep ya money Angel I got you,’ Ball tweeted.
‘Appreciate you gang!’ Reese responded.
The ejection comes on the heels of the former LSU star claiming that she embraces an antagonistic role that springs from her rivalry with Caitlin Clark.
Over the weekend, Reese received backlash after she cheered her teammate Chennedy Carter for bodychecking Clark in their 71-70 loss to the Indiana Fever.
‘People are pulling up to games, we have celebrities coming to games, sold out arenas. Just because of one single game,’ Reese said on Monday. ‘And just looking at that – I’ll take that role. I’ll take the bad guy role and I’ll continue to take that on. And be that for my teammates.’
‘I know I’ll go down in history. I’ll look back in 20 years and be like: ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball isn’t just because of one person. It’s because of me, too.’ And I want you to realize that a lot of us having done so much for this game.’
Ref that threw out @Reese10Angel is weak btw… You know who you are (Keep ya money Angel I got you)
— Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) June 5, 2024
Angel Reese explains why she will continue to be the WNBA’s ‘bad guy’
Reese defended her teammate Chennedy Carter’s flagrant-one foul on Caitlin Clark from Saturday’s Sky-Fever game as she opened up about her popularity in the WNBA
Reese exited Tuesday’s loss to the Liberty with 13 points, ten rebounds and five personal fouls
WNBA MVP Breanna Steward led the Liberty with 33 points and 14 rebounds in their victory
‘There are so many great players in this league that have deserved this for a really long time and luckily it’s coming now.’
Nevertheless, the Liberty cruised to victory behind MVP Breanna Stewart’s 33-point, 14-rebound double-double. Meanwhile, Sabrina Ionescu added 24 points and seven boards to help New York win on the road.
‘I tried to get an explanation, and I did not,’ coach Teresa Weatherspoon said when asked about the ejection postgame. ‘I don’t know, to this moment, what has happened.’
‘She got ejected,’ teammate Marina Mabrey added. ‘She said something to the ref. Whatever he felt [like] was the correct call is what he made. It’s more about composure for us. You gotta get to know refs and how they respond to things.’
WNBA Breaks Silence On Controversial Angel Reese Ejection In Sky-Liberty
The Chicago Sky are no strangers to WNBA headlines. That continued on Tuesday as rookie Angel Reese was ejected for the first time in her young career in a loss to the New York Liberty.
Reese’s ejection was questionable by all means and went viral for such a confusing decision by the officials.
After the game, lead official Maj Forsberg opened up on the decision to toss Angel Reese from the game in an exchange with a pool reporter (h/t Annie Costabile of The Chicago Sun-Times).
The question was, “Why did Angel Reese receive the double technical and ejection in the fourth quarter?”
Here’s the answer: “So, after being called for hitting Jonquel Jones across the arm during a rebound, Angel Reese disrespectfully addresses the calling official.”
Pool report transcript: https://t.co/fWtxaQMrYe pic.twitter.com/l1a4dyBbtP
— Annie Costabile (@AnnieCostabile) June 5, 2024
Here’s the play the official is referring to, with Reese’s arm waving the ref away.
Angel Reese has been tossed from the game.
Looking at the replay, it looks like she waved off the referee after she was called for a foul which led to the ejection. pic.twitter.com/l5b6xMEk3j
— Karli Bell (@KarliBell33) June 5, 2024
The next question was, “Can you specify what that was?”
“No. After being called for the technical foul, Angel Reese then waives off the calling official in resentment to the call and is assessed a second technical foul. Since these were two separate acts, the combination of two technicals resulted in Angel Reese being ejected from the game.”
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