{"id":5300,"date":"2024-09-03T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5300"},"modified":"2024-09-03T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:52:16","slug":"angel-reese-ignites-fury-again-after-responding-to-stat-padding-accusations-despite-breaking-wnba-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5300","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Ignites Fury Again After Responding to Stat-Padding Accusations Despite Breaking WNBA Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon,\u00a0Angel Reese\u00a0and the Chicago dropped their sixth consecutive game after a 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx. Now at 11-21, the Sky\u2019s spot in the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0playoffs is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reese still had a nice performance despite the loss, tallying 17 points and 19 rebounds. She also set the WNBA record for most rebounds in a single season.<\/p>\n<p>During her historic run, many fans have been calling out Reese for how she has reached her high rebounding numbers, saying most of them come from grabbing the ball off her own misses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>After the game, Reese finally addressed this criticism, saying it\u2019s statistically not true.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>\u201cComing into it, I just knew my motor,\u201d Reese said. \u201cOffensive rebounds and defensive rebounds is something that I know I can always do. I knew it was going to translate right away. That\u2019s something a lot of players don\u2019t want to do. A lot of people think it\u2019s because I get my own rebounds, but statistically, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qsRibJz0CIM\/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&amp;rs=AOn4CLAhM164tR-VkOZ-vSsGiSZdp5q5nw\" alt=\"Angel Reese reels off career-high 25 points to fuel Sky past Fever - YouTube\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_9_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3 rookie out of LSU then went on to talk about what aspect of basketball wins championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people think it\u2019s because I\u2019m the tallest on the court when I\u2019m not the tallest on the court,\u201d Reese continued. \u201cJust being able to go down there and being able to bang. Doing things that a lot of people don\u2019t want to do. Defense and rebounding wins championships and I won championships at every level by just doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Reese won a national championship with the Tigers in 2023, defeating her rival\u00a0Caitlin Clark\u00a0and the Iowa Hawkeyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<p>In her rookie season, Reese is averaging 13.3 points and 13.1 rebounds. She is only shooting 37.5% from the field, which is a key factor for fans when calling her out for grabbing her own misses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"idlastshow2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-post-after\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angel Reese breaks the WNBA\u2019s single-season record for rebounds \ud83d\ude24 | WNBA on ESPN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IihJdHqTDXA\" width=\"882\" height=\"496\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; On Sunday afternoon,\u00a0Angel Reese\u00a0and the Chicago dropped their sixth consecutive game after a 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx. Now at 11-21, the Sky\u2019s spot in the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0playoffs is &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5302,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions\/5302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}