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Chicago Sky Link Angel Reese With WNBA Legend in New Post

Originally posted on Athlon Sports
By Rowan Fisher-Shotton | Last updated Jul 1, 2025 10:49 PM ET

The Chicago Sky overcame the Los Angeles Sparks 92-85 at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, led by star Angel Reese, who notched a season‑high 24 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists, two blocks and a steal.

This marked her fourth straight game with at least 15 rebounds, the most all-time.

On Tuesday, the WNBA honored Reese as its Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the past week, a stretch in which she averaged 19.7 points, 17.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, shooting 48.9% from the field and 92.3% from the line.

Later on in the day, the Sky took to X with their "Stat of the Week," noting that Reese’s 647 career rebounds already rank in the franchise’s top 10.

With that, she joins the company of many Sky greats, including eight-time All-Star and two-time Finals MVP Sylvia Fowles, who remains Chicago's all-time leading rebounder with 1,832 boards.

Among the greats. @Microsoft | #skytown pic.twitter.com/YrmiANyaHf
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) July 2, 2025

Reese arrived in Chicago as the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft out of LSU.

In her rookie campaign, she smashed the league’s single‑season rebounding record, hauling in 446 boards (13.1 per game).

She was the fastest player in WNBA history to reach both 400 rebounds and 400 points, and she strung together 26 double‑doubles in just 34 games, the most ever by a rookie.

In Year 2, Reese has continued asserting herself as the WNBA’s premier rebounder.

She currently leads the league in rebounds per game (12.6) and has become the fastest player ever to reach 500 points and 500 rebounds, doing so in just 38 games.

She also notched her first career triple‑double on June 15, pouring in 11 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and remains the face of the Sky franchise.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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