Disgrace on the clipboard for not doing its job.
Angel Reese slapped a clipboard out of Sky staffer Ann Crosby’s arms whereas retreating to the bench within the ultimate 30 seconds of Chicago’s 81-79 highway loss to Washington on Tuesday night time.
Reese indicated in a tweet that her frustration stemmed from the referees, though she prevented particularly naming the officers to keep away from a tremendous.
She tallied a game-high 22 factors and 15 rebounds to increase her WNBA document by accumulating a minimum of 15 rebounds in six straight video games.
“Those **** were pissing me off😭 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🤦🏽♀️😭,” Reese tweeted.
Reese has not been pleased with the referees recently and her outburst got here with 29.9 seconds remaining and the groups tied at 77-77.
Crosby held out her clipboard and Reese smacked it to the ground with out slowing down, whereas Crosby — the crew’s vp of basketball operations, power and conditioning — swiftly picked it up.
The Mystics scored on the following possession to take the lead earlier than Reese hit two game-tying free throws. Nevertheless, Washington prevailed on a pair of Shakira Austin free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining.
Reese threw her arms up after the foul name within the ultimate seconds, which went towards Elizabeth Williams whereas the pair contested the shot.
She ripped the referees after the sport for blowing the whistle on that play. Reese dedicated 5 fouls, whereas Williams fouled out on that play.
“You just have to better,” Reese mentioned. “Can’t let it come down one possession. Refs make calls that they know are not right and they’ll look back and know that wasn’t the right call. But we just have to box out and not give them an opportunity to even be able go up for another opportunity for free throws.”
Reese beforehand went off on the referees following the Sky’s (5-13) loss to the Lynx on Sunday, posting a photograph of her being fouled — it’s unclear if the play resulted in a whistle — with the caption: “Diabolical.”
She additionally responded to a fan a couple of doable tremendous: “idgaf (I don’t give a f–k). DO BETTER. @WNBA.”
“It’s tough when you talk to officials, and I ask 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,” Reese mentioned after Sunday’s loss. “So I do know it’s irritating as a result of I understand how exhausting we’re battling inside, and I believe that we got here down and fought as exhausting as we may with what we had.
“And obviously we know we can compete with the best, but that has to be fixed, and I don’t give a damn if I get fined, because that s–t cheap, and I am tired of this s–t, because I’ve been nice and I’ve been humble with it. But I am tired of this s–t.”
The tough ending marred an in any other case stellar exhibiting from Reese, who notched her sixth straight double-double heading into Wednesday’s dwelling sport vs. Dallas.
“It wasn’t enough,” Reese mentioned. “It came down to that rebound where (we) jumped up for it and I didn’t get that, so very frustrating for myself. I have to be better there. I just have to be better, as far as boxing out because it just wasn’t enough tonight.”
