The Liberty Quadruple Teamed Angel Reese On The Last Possession To Keep Her At 8 Points, And The Double-Double Streak Ends At 15
So let me start this blog by saying I watched the entire Sky vs. Liberty game today. There's plenty of people online making comments about Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and/or the WNBA in general that have never even watched women's basketball, but those people are not me. And that's not to give me a pat on the back or anything because I'm aware that 99% of our readers are going to find it lame, it's just to back up that what I'm about to say comes from more than watching clips on the internet.
With that being said, despite the team, Angel Reese, and especially the coach's best effort to get her to double digits today, what the media says is the greatest run in women's basketball history is officially over at 15 games. And it culminated with this incredibly entertaining final 20 seconds.
The Sky, the Liberty, the refs, the coaches, and certainly the fans all knew she needed 2 more points to keep the streak alive.....and all acted accordingly. The Sky fed the ball to Angel, who was demanding it. The Liberty over-helped on defense because they knew the ball had a 0% chance of going anywhere else.
The refs allowed for a travel. The Liberty had 3 players trap while a 4th hovered the passing lanes. And then the fans booed when Angel couldn't get a shot off and the Sky couldn't get her the ball back. It was thrilling. A picture says a thousand words, it just depends what narrative you want it to say.
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And for those who didn't watch live, you also missed the Sky's head coach getting a technical foul two possessions before when she thought Angel Reese deserved two free throws. Game wasn't in question or anything, but there's no doubt everyone in Chicago was all-in on having the streak continue. And honestly, I have zero problem with that. If I had a player on a historic run and all she needed was 2 points and the game was over, I'd have gotten her the ball too. Although a better strategy for Angel and the Sky would be to probably just make shots like these when you get them in the 1st quarter.....
Or maybe this one midway through the 4th.
Either way, the streak ends at 15.
….and Caitlin Clark now holds the longest active double-double streak by WNBA rookies with 5.