Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekIncluded Columnist IVAugust 29, 2024
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Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky are trending in the incorrect instructions.
Chicago dropped its 4th successive video game with a 74-70 loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday at Wintrust Arena. The Sky was up to 11-19 and are defending placing at the bottom of the WNBA playoff image.
When it comes to Washington, it is simply 9-22 general however has actually now won 3 in a row.
Reese disappointed her typical double-double with simply 7 points, 14 rebounds and 6 turnovers. Fellow novice Kamilla Cardoso did end up with a double-double of 10 points, 11 rebounds and 6 helps, however it wasn't enough to counter the Mystics and Stefanie Dolson (17 points and 6 boards).
Social network responded to the loss for the Sky:
Joey Castro @Joavian
Angel Reese is the Dennis Rodman of wnba. Can just rebound
Wimbooooo @ 13thWimbo
If Angel Reese can settle offensively, which I anticipate her to after a year or 2, her & Kamilla Cardoso might be a duo
depressed sports fan @_wheat4
Angel Reese for the love of God please establish a middy/floater
smallville @imsmallville
Angel Reese with just 7 points is wild
Dylan Evans @cavstribefan23
Angel Reese much better return next season with a damn jumpshot
Gboye @mcgboye
It's not an absolutely insane argument that Kamilla Cardoso is a much better gamer than Angel Reese.
ImBearingDown @ImBearingDown
Running offending sets for Angel Reese with 2 minutes left when Kamilla Cardoso is on the group is a fascinating training choice.
@sky5reese
As a huge fan, Angel requires severe assistance offensively, and you can inform they not dealing with that in practice. Even without the missed out on fouls from refs. Idk what took place from before the All Star break till now.
Chicago lacked leading scorer Chennedy Carter due to the fact that of health and wellness procedures, which moved a lot more of the focus to Reese. All eyes were on the novice regardless, as she went into play one double-double far from the WNBA novice record of 22 double-doubles in a season.
Reese currently broke Candace Parker's record for successive double-doubles throughout numerous seasons and was seeking to contribute to her list of achievements with an excellent efficiency versus the Mystics.
She and the Sky had a hard time in the early going and discovered themselves tracking by double digits in the very first half before cutting the deficit to 5 at intermission.
That momentum rollovered into the 2nd half, as Chicago took the lead in the 3rd quarter with Reese crashing the boards. The novice reached double-digit rebounds in the 3rd and required 3 points in the 4th to break the double-double record.
With the video game and record hanging in the balance, Diamond DeShields supplied a scoring trigger off the bench in the 4th quarter for the Sky.
