Posted on 05/17/2025 8:40:26 PM PDT by Morgana
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese didn't need long to reignite their bitter rivalry after going at it on the court during a fiery WNBA season opener.
Tempers flared between the two women's basketball superstars when Reese took exception to Clark's hard foul with 4:38 left in the third quarter as the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky got their 2025 campaigns up and running.
After Reese grabbed an offensive rebound, Clark slapped the Sky forward across the arm, knocking the ball away and her arch-nemesis to the floor.
Angel, who was visibly furious, quickly jumped up and confronted Caitlin as Fever center Aliyah Boston jumped in between the two players.
Following a replay review, the referees upgraded the foul to a flagrant one and called double technical fouls on Boston and Reese. It was Clark's third personal foul.
During an in-game interview with ESPN, the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year said there was 'nothing malicious' about the foul and called it a basketball play.
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Can they both lose? That would be awesome.
Since its the wnba no one knows or cares.
Looked more like an Academy Award-winning flop than a foul.
Down with an arm slap.... Billie Jean King was tougher than that :-)
Reese should be named Angry Black Woman.
I’m so sick of blacks that act angry all the time. You try to be nice and respectful to young black men, and some of them won’t even speak because they have to act like an Angry Black Man. It’s not like they’re doing a big favor just having them around. That certainly not all blacks, but too many of them are that way. Being filled with hate, is for losers.
Angel Reese is not a star until she can make a lay-up.
Reese was looking for an excuse to go after Clark.
“Looked more like an Academy Award-winning flop than a foul.”
I was half expecting her to lay on the court, hold her leg, and cry “why me, why meee why anyone???”
Other WNBA players will continue to cut off their nose to spite face. All they need to do is look at home attendance with Catlin, and then without her. Catlin is the golden goose for the WNBA, but the other players would butcher, roast and eat her if they could.
Refs missed angel pushing boston out of the way to get the rebound. Clark looked at the ref and pointed to Boston...no call... then Clark went after Reese.
Watched a three part ID show on the true story behind the Iron Claw wrestling family.
A term was used that I had never heard of called kayfabe.
Translated that means professional wrestling is theater not contest which should come as no surprise to anyone with common sense.
That said, with the onslaught of professional gambling, I’m not sure that might be true in other sports as well.
Call me a cynic, but the dust-up occurring at the beginning of the season makes me think Caitlin and Angel doing a bit of kayfabe.
Although which one was the good guy and which was the bad guy might not be as clear as black and white or on the other hand maybe it is.
Butter pecan ! BOOOOM !
Not much of a game!
“the ensuing possession to cut the deficit to 56-45.
they cruised past the Sky 93-58 to open their account in style.”
Presumably you’ve seen some of those hilarious Youtube shorts of Reese’s horrible play, and not just missing gimme layups. She really is not very good at all. The fact that she’s considered a WNBA star is testament to the abysmal level of play. Personally, I suspect her Bride of Fu-Manchu designer fingernails are an impediment.
But she has so many offensive rebounds...
From the third quarter today:
5:52 Angel Reese misses layup
5:52 Angel Reese offensive rebound
5:51 Angel Reese misses two point shot
5:51 Angel Reese offensive rebound
5:48 Caitlin Clark blocks Angel Reese’s 4-foot two point shot
5:45 Caitlin Clark defensive rebound
it happend AFTER reese SHOVED a fever player, and yes,it was a flop
yep
Because Clark took exception to a foul on one of her teammates.
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