Angel Reese hair pull: How Sky standout got into heated scuffle with Sun after rebound attempt

Angel Reese and nan Chicago Sky entered Sunday's title conscionable 2-7 aft 3 consecutive blowout losses, and immoderate vexation was evident from Reese against nan Sun.

The Sky standout took objection to an evident hairsbreadth propulsion by Connecticut defender Bria Hartley, getting successful Hartley's look aft a rebound attempt. The relationship devolved into a scuffle involving much Sun players.

Reese held her ain successful nan first half, tying her career-high pinch 5 assists successful conscionable 1 half and keeping nan Sky very overmuch successful nan crippled against nan Sun. Chicago had mislaid its erstwhile 3 games by an mean of 21.3 points.

Here's a person look astatine Reese's scuffle pinch nan Sun connected Sunday.

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Angel Reese hairsbreadth propulsion vs. Connecticut Sun

Reese sewage successful Hartley's look aft nan Sun defender sewage clasp of her hairsbreadth during a rebound effort precocious successful nan first half. 

Sun halfway Olivia Nelson-Odoba tried to get betwixt Reese and Hartley, but Reese quickly shoved her retired of nan way, resulting successful an moreover larger scene. Cameras captured Sun seasoned Tina Charles yelling toward Reese arsenic players and officials tried to settee it each down.

Angel Reese is huffy pic.twitter.com/apjP5R9Zv6

Here's a amended look astatine Hartley's hairsbreadth pull, which prompted Reese to move astir and get successful her look quickly.

The hairsbreadth propulsion was crazy lmaoooo pic.twitter.com/rRPsml44Ma

Reese has faced plentifulness of disapproval early successful nan WNBA season, some for her ratio issues and her guidance to a May spat pinch Caitlin Clark, but she showed advancement pinch an businesslike 17 points successful a nonaccomplishment to nan Liberty connected Tuesday and impressed early Sunday pinch 1 of nan astir well-rounded performances of her career.

The scuffle pinch nan Sun took immoderate attraction distant from Reese's bully day, but she didn't fto it distract her arsenic nan Sky looked to threat their losing streak against nan struggling Sun.

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