{"id":5367,"date":"2024-09-03T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T17:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2024-09-03T17:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T17:18:04","slug":"video-angel-reese-dismisses-criticism-after-breaking-wnba-rebounding-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5367","title":{"rendered":"Video: Angel Reese Dismisses Criticism After Breaking WNBA Rebounding Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chicago Sky star rookie Angel Reese is aware of the criticisms of her game, but she won&#8217;t let them stop her from celebrating the monumental achievement of breaking the WNBA single-season rebounding record on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I just knew my motor. Offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds is something I know I can always do, I knew it was going to translate right away, and that&#8217;s something that a lot of players don&#8217;t want to do,&#8221; Reese told reporters in Chicago&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chicagosky\/status\/1830354958279205173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post-game press conference<\/a>. &#8220;A lot of people think it&#8217;s because I get my own rebounds, but statistically it&#8217;s not. A lot of people think it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m the tallest on the court when I&#8217;m not the tallest on the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;A lot of people think it&#8217;s because I get my own rebounds, but statistically it&#8217;s not. A lot of people think it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m the tallest on the court when I&#8217;m not the tallest on the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese on why she&#8217;s such a great rebounder \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQd7DfsGKF\">pic.twitter.com\/zQd7DfsGKF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1830357684115153276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Reese pulled down 19 rebounds in Sunday&#8217;s 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, giving her 418 this season and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10133863-angel-reese-breaks-wnba-rebound-record-celebrated-by-fans-during-sky-vs-lynx\">surpassing<\/a>\u00a0Sylvia Fowles&#8217; previous record of 404 in 2018. She also set a new record with 165 offensive rebounds, eclipsing Yolanda Griffith&#8217;s 162 in 2001. The 6&#8217;3&#8243; rookie, who averages 13.1 rebounds per game, added 17 points in Sunday&#8217;s game for her 24th double-double, extending her league record for a first-year player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Despite Reese&#8217;s dominance on the glass, she still has areas where she needs to improve. Some have criticized her lack of efficiency around the rim, as she&#8217;s shooting 38.6 percent from the field this season. In Sunday&#8217;s loss, she shot 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) and had a team-high six turnovers. Her rebounding prowess has yet to influence winning, as Chicago has now lost six straight games to fall to 11-21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Still, Reese has proven to be a superstar in the making. She has eight games left to try to break Alyssa Thomas&#8217; single-season record of 28 double-doubles, and all signs point to her setting a new mark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Reese will try to help the Sky end their skid when they return to action on Tuesday, but it won&#8217;t be an easy task as they will be facing the Las Vegas Aces, who defeated the Phoenix Mercury 97-79 on Sunday to improve to 20-12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<div class=\"organism bet-module\">\n<div class=\"bet-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Chicago Sky star rookie Angel Reese is aware of the criticisms of her game, but she won&#8217;t let them stop her from celebrating the monumental achievement of breaking the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5367","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\/5367","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=5367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5369,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5367\/revisions\/5369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}