Overview
- Reese recorded her 29th double-double in Atlanta’s 89-81 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, surpassing Alyssa Thomas’s single-season mark.
- The WNBA had initially assessed an eighth technical on Aug. 28 that would have triggered an automatic one-game suspension but later rescinded that technical after review, allowing Reese to play.
- Her stat line in the record game was 15 points and 11 rebounds and capped a run that already included a WNBA single-game rebound record of 26 and a new single-season rebound total.
- Sunday’s game was highly physical with 28 personal fouls split evenly, producing a viral exchange with Courtney Williams that generated competing lip-read interpretations and wide social-media reaction.
- Reese’s season-long numbers have strengthened her Defensive Player of the Year conversation, helped lift Atlanta into the playoff hunt, and will carry over to her selection for Team USA at the FIBA World Cup.