Angel Reese gets heated with Paige Bueckers during game

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Angel Reese gets heated with Paige Bueckers during game

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Jul 29, 2026 9:50 PM ET

Angel Reese has found another former No. 1 overall pick to mix it up with.

The Atlanta Dream star Reese got heated with Dallas Wings counterpart Paige Bueckers in the middle of their game on Wednesday. During the first quarter at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, Bueckers got switched onto Reese in the post.

Reese drove down the lane on the undersized Bueckers, but Bueckers held her own and forced Reese to give up the ball. While Bueckers was whistled for a foul on the play, she was hyped at her defensive stand and starting loudly clapping in Reese’s direction.

That led to Reese approaching Bueckers and exchanging some heated words with her. Here is the video of the incident between the two.

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No technical foul resulted there on either player. But it was the Wings who ended up taking a 38-32 lead over the Dream into the halftime buzzer.

Despite their heated incident on Wednesday, Reese and Bueckers are actually friends off the court. In fact, they even spent time hanging out together during WNBA All-Star Weekend last week.