Angel Reese Bracing for Punishment After Another Brutal Loss
On Sunday, July 6 the Chicago Sky suffered their 12th loss of the season, this time in an 80-75 contest against the Minnesota Lynx, who own the best record in the WNBA at 17-2.
The Sky dominated the first quarter, out-scoring the Lynx 24-10 before Minnesota immediately fired back with a 28-13 second quarter run to take a one-point lead into halftime. Following the game, Sky head coach Tyler Marsh made it clear he wasn't too happy with the officiating.
"Yeah, I mean, it's hard to imagine that we would only have eight free throws with the amount of opportunities that we have in the paint," he said. "I think that we're top 2 or 3 in the league in terms of shots at the rim, but in the bottom three or four in the league, in terms of getting to the free-throw line, and the reason for that, I'm not sure.
"But I know that [Kamilla Cardoso] and [Elizabeth Williams] and Angel receive a lot of contact down there and have a lot of opportunities to be at the rim. And that's kind of how we play as a team, and for us to not get to the line more than that is a little frustrating."
Marsh wasn't the only member of the team frustrated with the officiating on Sunday, though. Star forward Angel Reese called the officiating "diabolical" and when a fan pointed out her comment about not caring about receiving a fine for her critical comments after the game Reese wrote, "idgaf. DO BETTER. @WNBA."
The All-Star forward wasn't pleased with the fact that Minnesota went to the free-throw line 17 times during the game, but Chicago went to the stripe just eight times.
“Yeah, I think we fought really hard," she said after the loss. "It's tough when you talk to officials, and I ask them, 'Hey, we only shot 2 free throws. We've only been to the free throw line twice up into the 4th quarter,' and she tells me, 'It's not her job,'" Reese complained. "So I know it's frustrating because I know how hard we're battling inside, and I think that we came down and fought as hard as we could with what we had.
"I just know we continue to grow in this. And I think this is a leaping step for us. And obviously we know we can compete with the best, but that has to be fixed, and I don't give a damn if I get fined, because that s--- cheap, and I am tired of the s---, because I've been nice, and I've been humble with it. But I am tired of the s---.”
Chicago fell to 5-12 on the season.
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