Sophie Cunningham calls out Angel Reese for 'dangerous' play on eve of WNBA Finals

Sophie Cunningham explains her thoughts on Angel Reese's technical foul incident

"Angel, I appreciate her having her teammates' backs. That just shows that she cares and that she loves her teammates," Cunningham said. "Here's my thing. If you're going to chase someone down the court and get in someone's ear, that should be a tech. Anytime, that should be a tech. It's going to be a tech in the regular season."

She added, "Now, if she were to stay on her side and just kind of yell and say something, I'm all for that, you know what I mean? But the fact that she didn't get a tech on that, I think that's absolutely insane."

Cunningham gave Reese credit for her physicality but also described a "dangerous" type of play from the Dream star.

"She is a player who goes after the ball. I appreciate that about players of her wanting to get on the floor and make the extra effort. Sometimes, people and the way they carry themselves and who they are, they don't wanna get down and dirty like this; and she is, so I'm gonna give her credit there. But you can't tackle someone in the air and then go for someone's knees and ankles. That's a dangerous play. Technically, both of those are a little dangerous. And for those just to go uncalled, is that not weird? Am I missing something?"

Cunningham had a different take on Reese's heated exchange with Jonquel Jones during the series, arguing that the officials should have let the players compete without handing out penalties.

"With the JJ, when she drove and got blocked, I wish that they wouldn't have gave either of them a tech," Cunningham said on the show. "I think that's good playoff basketball, like let them talk a little ... to each other. And then like their teams separate. Like I think that's fine."