When sports activities followers look again on the 2024 WNBA draft class, the Chicago Sky could also be remembered as a workforce who received the steal of the century after they chosen Angel Reese seventh general.
Reese on Sunday had 10 factors and 16 rebounds within the 70-62 loss to the Minnesota Lynx. She made WNBA historical past as she recorded her tenth consecutive double-double. Reese broke Candace Parker’s mark after the previous Los Angeles Sparks guard had 9 straight in 2015.
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Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky grabs the rebound through the first half towards the Minnesota Lynx on June 30, 2024, at Wintrust Enviornment in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
The previous LSU standout was 4 of 16 from the ground. She had 5 offensive rebounds.
Minnesota clawed again to get the victory and confirmed why it is probably the greatest groups within the WNBA.
ANGEL REESE TIES WNBA RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky, proper, guards Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx through the first half on June 30, 2024, at Wintrust Enviornment in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
Kyla McBride had 16 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists within the win. Napheesa Collier had 13 factors, 11 rebounds, six assists, 4 steals and three blocks.
The Lynx improved to 14-4 on the season whereas Chicago fell to 6-11.
Reese is the one participant in her rookie class to common a double-double, and he or she is the one one to common at the least two assists per sport exterior of Caitlin Clark earlier than Sunday’s slate of video games started.
Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese drives to the basket as Los Angeles Sparks’ Dearica Hamby defends through the first half on Might 30, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast/File)
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Chicago is now on the surface of the playoff image with the loss because the Indiana Fever topped the Phoenix Mercury, 88-82.
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