Dave Portnoy Has Words For Angel Reese After She Tried To Fight Caitlin Clark On The Court During Fever's Win That Netted Him $400KDave Portnoy, Caitlin Clark with Angel Reese (Photos via Imagn Images)
Dave Portnoy had some coarse words for Angel Reese after her antics during the Chicago Sky’s season-opening loss to the Indiana Fever on Saturday afternoon.

Portnoy is not very fond of Angel, but he’s become a massive Clark fan and attended the game, having bet a massive sum on the former Iowa star to have a triple-double.

Reese, whose team got blown out, has gone viral for pushing and trying to fight Clark after getting fouled and thrown to the floor in the third quarter, something which deeply annoyed Portnoy, although he made a cool $400K betting on the game.

The Barstool Sports owner took to X after the Fever won, blasting Reese for “making a joke of her existence” by going after Clark for a common foul. This time around, however, he was complimentary of her game.

“Angel Reese, who actually played okay and looked like she improved her game, made a mockery of her existence,” he said.

Dave Portnoy Also Went After The WNBA

Dave Portnoy speaking

Dave Portnoy (Photo via Eric Rueb/Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Portnoy added that the Sky forward “got fouled, totally common foul by Caitlin Clark going for a lay-up. Falls down and then attacks her basically and makes a joke out of her existence; and why everybody hates Angel Reese.”

He also slammed the WNBA for upgrading the foul to a flagrant.

“And shame on the WNBA, upgrading this to a flagrant foul That’s a flagrant foul? It was the most common, routine foul of all time. End of the story, its a win, win, win. Fever look great, Caitlin Clark looks like she’s going to be the MVP of the league, Angel Reese, made a fool out of herself and we won by 100 and I win. So we’re back in the good mode.”

Clark scored 20 points against the Sky on Saturday, adding 10 rebounds and 10 assists, much to Dave Portnoy’s delight, given that he put $25K down on a potential triple-double.

The Fever made easy work of their opening-day opponents, winning 93-85. They will face each other again on June 7.

VIDEO: Angel Reese Was About To Knock Out Caitlin Clark After Dirty Foul Knocked Her To The Floor

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese (Photos via ESPN)

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have picked up right where they left off. In fact, they’ve actually ramped things up, as the former Iowa Hawkeyes star showed her rival a new side to her in their opening game on Saturday afternoon.

Clark, who found herself on the end of some harsh physicality during her rookie season, spent her offseason getting stronger in the gym and wasted little time sending a message to Reese and any would-be bully, hitting the Sky forward with a hefty foul late in the contest.

The Fever and Sky faced off to open their 2025 WNBA seasons in what was a no-brainer scheduling decision for the league. The game lived up to the hype in terms of the expected feistiness, but it was an easy win for Indiana, who blew Reese and the Sky out 93-58.

With less than five minutes left in the third quarter, Reese was attempting to score from the post after snatching a rebound but was fouled by Clark, who sent her sprawling.

Angel Reese Really Sold It After Getting Fouled By Caitlin Clark

Caitling Clark and Angel Reese (Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

If we’re being honest, Reese’s seemed a bit theatrical as the foul, while hard, didn’t look like it should have sent her flailing the way she did.

She made it very clear that she didn’t appreciate the hit, springing up and snapping on Caitlin, while the referee and other Fever players got between them.

They can’t claim there’s nothing going on after this.