Angel Reese breaks silence on shocking violent outburst after WNBA
By ERIC BLUM
Chicago Sky star Angel Reese has broken her silence about the shocking actions of slapping a clipboard out of a coach's hand during a game against the Washington Mystics.
Just 48 hours after exploding at referees in a foul-mouthed rant during their loss to the Minnesota Lynx, Reese reacted angrily to Ann Crosby - who is listed as Chicago's vice president of basketball operations, strength and conditioning - trying to hand her a clipboard as she headed to the bench while her team challenged a foul call.
The television broadcast captured her violent outburst, which occurred with 29.9 seconds left in the game at George Mason University while the Sky were tied 77-77 with the Mystics.
Reese's actions did not propel her team to victory, as the Mystics defeated the Sky 81-79. Now, Reese is answering critiques of her actions that were panned.
'Those **** were pissing me off,' she said with a crying emoji, 'shoutout to Ann because she know it was the heat of the moment and she didn’t let me apologize because she knew! Not happening again tho'.
Despite Reese putting up 22 points on the night, the Sky were eventually beaten 81-79 by the Mystics - marking their seventh defeat in 10 games.
Angel Reese has broken her silence on violently slapping a clipboard out of a coach's hand
Reese apologized for her actions while saying staffer Ann Crosby did not take it personally
The 23-year-old's clipboard slam comes two days after she hit out at WNBA officials in a fiery postgame press conference after a defeat to the Lynx.
Reese was getting battered in the paint and took out some of her frustration on officials - who only gave Chicago eight free throws in the game. Seven of those eight free throws came in the fourth quarter.
After the contest ended, she addressed her anger with the lack of calls from officials: 'It's tough when you talk to officials and I asked them, "Hey we only shot two free-throws, we've only been to the free-throw line twice up until the fourth quarter" and she tells me it's not her job.
'So I know it's frustrating because I know how hard we are battling inside [the paint]. I think we came down and fought as hard as we could with what we had. I just know that we'll continue to grow on this and I think this is a leaping step up for us.'
'Obviously we know we can compete with the best, but that has to be fixed. I don't give a damn if I get fined because that s***'s cheap and I am tired of this s***. I've been nice and I've been humble with it but I am tired of this s***.'
The frustration might build from the Sky being in the penultimate position in the WNBA standings, approaching the halfway point of the season.
Chicago are 3.5 games back of the Mystics and Las Vegas Aces, who are tied for the final playoff position.
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