On Thursday night, the high-profile rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese was renewed as Clark and the Indiana Fever took on Reese and the Atlanta Dream. This time, it was Reese and the Dream who came out on top, topping Clark and the Fever by a final score of 108-101.
The games between the two superstars usually produce a viral moment or two, going back to their NCAA title game matchup when Reese taunted Clark by pointing to her ring finger. Thursday’s game was no different as Reese had a little fun at Clark’s expense, mocking the Fever superstar after a foul call during the second quarter.
Reese Mocks Caitlin Clark
At the beginning of the second quarter of Thursday night’s game, Clark was trying to move through the court when she ran into Reese at the top of the key. When Clark made contact with Reese, she flailed her arms in the air, drawing a foul call on Reese.
Needless to say, Reese was not at all happy with the call, immediately throwing her hands up in frustration.
When a camera zoomed in on Reese after the play, it caught the Dream star mocking her rival by flailing her arms with a smile on her face, implying Clark flopped and exaggerated the contact to draw the foul.
Fans React to Reese’s Antics
As is usually the case with any interaction between Clark and Reese, the video of Reese mocking Clark quickly went viral on social media, racking up more than 600,000 views on the platform in under four hours.
The incident elicited a lot of reactions from fans, too.
“what a joke….” one fan wrote in a post on X.
“Really, Angel?? You wanna mock CC for flopping when its an obvious foul???” another fan wrote.
“Reese is a bully,” someone else added.
“She’s the last person that needs to be mocking anyone flopping,” another fan added.
“Angel Reese starting drama with Caitlin Clark and water is wet,” someone else commented.
“She disgusts me. This type of gross ball was why I stopped watching over 10 years ago,” another commenter wrote.
Others, however, came to Reese’s defense, believing that her antics were justified given the soft foul call.
“The way this isn’t even an exaggeration,” one fan added.
“She ain’t wrong,” someone else wrote.
“She’s absolutely right too,” another fan added.
As for the game itself, Reese led the Dream with 21 points and 11 rebounds as they topped Clark and the Fever. Clark, meanwhile, led her team with 26 points and seve assists in the losing effort.
The good news for fans is that they won’t have to wait long for a rematch as the two teams are slated to face off again on Saturday.
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