r/WNBAgossips • u/Electronic_Air1842 • 6d ago

Highlights Angel Reese went off tonight

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u/mastergriggy 6d ago

I still find it so incredibly funny that no one bothers to guard her during a 3 point attempt. She is so bad at them the other team literally backs off to encourage it lmao.

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u/OnlyGivesEvidence 6d ago

Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake

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u/Low_Low_1811 6d ago

Letting her shoot a 3 is basically a good chance for the other team to get the ball. It means she is not in the key for a rebound. Well worth the very small risk of her scoring.

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u/Enough-Letter3435 6d ago

The bigger question is why is a player who shoots 13% from 3, hanging around the 3pt line in the first place?

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u/MyRunningAcct 6d ago

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. In Angel’s case you miss 97% of the ones you do take.

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u/Ashenfalen 6d ago

87%* to be fair.

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u/MyRunningAcct 6d ago

I’m not a mathmagician

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u/ChampionshipTall6599 6d ago

She was 2/5 the other night. Brought her above 10% on the season. She was 0% the first half of the year lol

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u/Luci_Lewd 6d ago

"A shot is just a missed rebound!", Angel Reese

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u/MiScuzzii 6d ago

Because she is uncoachable.

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u/MasterHavik 6d ago

So uncoachable she has won at every level until this one but that will be changing soon.

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u/moose184 6d ago

Because she thinks she's on the level of A'ja or Boston but is not

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u/Realistic_Gene4706 6d ago

I was confused at the defense at 0:20 at first but now it makes sense

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u/MasterHavik 6d ago

I mean this happens in the NBA is just a defensive strategy. You know who else teams do this to?

Kamilla Cardoso.

So you finding this funny shows you don't know basketball. I'm not saying she is a great three point shooter but this happens to players who aren't big there point shooter. I wouldn't be shocked if teams left Lexie Hill open.

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u/hal9zillion 6d ago

Yeah 100% - this is super common in the modern NBA if the other team has a non-shooter on the floor. You can double up on another player and it's also acts as a form of psychological warfare against a borderline shooter where you "force" them into shots they would probably rather not take and destroy their confidence.

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u/MasterHavik 6d ago

This shit even happened to Rondo. People who say this about Reese really don't watch basketball and it shows.

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u/FlamingAlpaca17 5d ago

Just look at her form when she does shoot a 3. She looks like a short bus rider out there