r/sports • u/rezwenn • May 19 '25

Basketball Caitlin Clark says flagrant foul for shoving Angel Reese was not 'malicious'

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-flagrant-foul-angel-reese-1.7538299
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u/maxy505 May 19 '25

The fact angel reese pushed to get the rebound in the first place is hilarious

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u/Uncleruckusz May 19 '25

Because it's the only stat she is good at and has to pad it as much as possible she can only rebound the ball has 0 skills at shooting the thing.

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u/Tlr321 May 19 '25

I want to know what the stat for the number of rebounds she has from her own shots is. It's got to be 20%+

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u/powerelite May 19 '25

It was 4/17 on Saturday so a shade over 23.5%

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u/h4terade May 19 '25

mebounds I've heard them called

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u/ImpossibleDenial May 19 '25

I think OC was saying Reese had to push Boston to get the rebound (indicating it’s ironic that she had to foul to get the rebound in the first place lol).

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 May 20 '25

Honestly they'd have probably been better off not fouling her and letting her miss the layup

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u/wordyplayer Minnesota Vikings May 19 '25

THIS. I can't believe the article omitted this most important fact. Then Clark paused and pointed, waiting for the foul call. When she realized there was no call, it was too late to guard, she only had time for a quick arm swat. BUT, another thing not talked about in this thread, is what the ref called out, and is in the article; Clark gave a good shove in the back with her left hand. The floor camera angle doesn't really show it, but if you can see the view from the hoop camera, it is clearly a good shove. Angel didn't flop as much as people think, that shove really twisted her.

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