Angel Reese took the time to address her flagrant 1 one foul on Caitlin Clark during her post game interview.
During the game on Sunday, Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky was given a flagrant foul for hitting Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever while she was driving to the basket. Clark was struck in the head by Reese’s arm, causing her to fall to the floor in the third quarter of the game. Following Reese’s flagrant foul for striking Clark in the head with her arm while trying to gain possession of the ball, she addressed the situation during her postgame press conference, dismissing it as just a “basketball play.”
“I can’t control the refs. They affected the game, obviously, a lot tonight,” Yahoo Sports reported. “I’m always going for the ball. But y’all are going to play that clip, what, 20 times before Monday?”
Reese then questioned how the Indiana Fever didn’t get a lot of fouls called on them. “I think we went up strong a lot of times and we didn’t get a lot of calls,” she said. “Going back and looking at the film, I saw a lot of calls that weren’t made. I guess some people got a special whistle.”
When questioned about Reese’s flagrant foul call after contributing to her team’s victory, Clark, a rookie in the WNBA, nonchalantly brushed it off as a common incident on the basketball court.
“It’s just a part of basketball. It is what it is. Just trying to make a play on the ball and get the block. It happens,” per Bleacher report.
Fans eagerly anticipate each WNBA matchup between the former college rivals, with Clark stating that the competitive nature between the two rookies is what ignites their passion, even if it occasionally leads to physicality on the court.