❤️🩹Angel Reese Just Spoke Out After Losing ROT to Caitlin Clark. Bayou Barbie Didn’t Forget To Take A Veiled Shot At Caitlin Clark Fans.🔥
Angel Reese Made a Post After Losing to Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever.
On Friday night, Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky were defeated on their home court by Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, 100-81. The Sky have now lost five straight games but still hold the final spot in the WNBA playoffs thanks to the Atlanta Dream losing as well to Las Vegas Aces (83-72).
Reese had a relatively underwhelming game. She was still able to record a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, but she also had four turnovers and five personal fouls.
Shortly after the contest ended, the former LSU Tigers star took to social media to make a late-night post. She quoted an advertisement for the movie “Wicked” that featured herself walking on the yellow brick road, which is from the film, and playing basketball.
Reese used four emojis to caption her post: a wizard, a magic wand, a clapperboard and a theater mask.
“There’s a lot of noise out there,” Reese said in the commercial. “It can surround you, pull at you and weigh you down. But I’ve got other plans… Defy gravity. Rise above the noise. Nothing’s going to bring me down.
“Wicked” comes out in theaters on November 22. It is a film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical and is expected to be released in two separate parts.
Angel Reese takes thinly veiled jab at Caitlin Clark’s popularity, impact on the WNBA
Clark and the Fever are 0-5 to start the season
The Sky handed the New York Liberty their first loss of the season with a 90-81 win. Reese, who was selected by the Sky with the No. 7 overall pick out of LSU, added 13 points and nine rebounds.
Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, drives to the basket during the game against the New York Liberty on May 23, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty Images)
However, in celebrating their win, Reese took a thinly veiled shot at Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, as the debate surrounding her impact on the league continues.
“And that’s on getting a WIN in a packed area not just cause of one player on our charter flight,” she wrote in a since-deleted post on X.
The jab at Clark comes as the former Iowa star is still on the hunt for her first career WNBA win. Clark recently dropped a team-high of 21 points in the Fever’s narrow loss to the Seattle Storm on Wednesday.
Amid the debate about Clark’s effect, several notable figures have come to her defense. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is among them.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, drives to the basket during the second quarter against the Seattle Storm in the game at Climate Pledge Arena on May 22, 2024 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
“The one thing that I love that she’s bringing to her sport: more people want to watch. More people want to tune in. I saw, for the first time, they had a chartered plane. For the first time in their league history, they flew private. That should be celebrated in its own right,” he said on his podcast “Mind the Game” with J.J. Redick.
The league’s recent growth is indisputable, but Reese believes it goes beyond just Clark.
Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, looks on before the game against the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2024 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images)
“It’s not just one person, I think people don’t realize that (because) the narrative out there is that just one person changing the game,” she said Thursday during a press conference. “It’s a lot of us — me, Kamilla (Cardoso ), there’s Cameron (Brink), Rickea (Jackson). There’s so many great players and it’s been long overdue and just being able to see that our impact has been able to change the game.”
“I love it for us all and we’re just going to continue to keep going.”
