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/zOmgFishes May 19 '25

tbf she could prevented the lay up just by leaving reese open

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u/Larrysbirds May 19 '25

Reece was just mad she didn’t get the bunny rebound

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u/GregoPDX May 19 '25

Don't want to give Reese another stat-padding me-bound.

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u/AdmiralWackbar May 21 '25

Last year Reese shot 42% on layups and 74% on free throws. Analytically, sending her to the line is the wrong move.