Greenberg: Angel Reese walks the walk in Sky's rivalry win over Caitlin Clark, Fever

[RandySF]

CHICAGO — With 43.4 seconds left and the clock stopped after a foul, Angel Reese walked by herself toward the faraway Chicago Sky basket, smiling and clapping with that familiar look on her face.

Forget Vogue and the Met Gala, this was a proper runway.

After two losses to the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, Reese and the Sky were in the lead, in control, and Reese knew it.

While the remaining basketball after that moment was, to put it nicely, a little frenzied, Reese and the Sky held on for an 88-87 victory over Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Sunday at a raucous, packed Wintrust Arena.

Round 3 goes to Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5585671/2024/06/23/angel-reese-sky-caitlin-clark-greenberg/

[stopdiggin]

1. hey. they're both hellish good basketball players!

why would anyone need to paint a different portrait?

[RandySF]

2. Real bball fans agree with you.

The rookies are finding their grooves after some tentativeness. It’s a shame Brink isn’t around to show what she can do. However, NAGA is still trying attach itself to Clark as a symbol of white victimhood and Reese as the metaphor for the ‘angry Black woman’.

[jimfields33]

6. I'm just glad Clark is staying out of the fray.

I think it’s smart of her to just play ball and off court deal with her endorsements. She’s pretty brilliant.

[stopdiggin]

7. yes. I am aware. (but I just don't want to play those games)

the only elements that profit off of this - are the cynical and the base.

[questionseverything]

3. It's frustrating that the games are not televised on free tv

They can’t expect to grow the sport if regular people can’t see the games

[RandySF]

4. It's a catch-22 for the networks and the league.

The WNBA does need more exposure on broadcast television, but I imagine the networks don't see the ad revenue to make it worth production costs. But how does the league generate interest without exposure?Some games are on CBS and ABC, though.

[questionseverything]

5. Right now the wnba is hotter than the nba, I don't think commercial sales would of been a problem