Angel Reese was assessed her eighth technical foul of the season during the Atlanta Dream’s 101-83 loss to the Portland Fire on Friday night, setting up the possibility of an automatic one-game suspension. Multiple outlets report the call came after Reese became tangled while boxing out in the paint with Portland guard Carla Leite with less than 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
The suspension, if upheld, would have kept Reese out of the Dream’s Sunday home game against the Minnesota Lynx, a matchup that carries playoff-seeding significance. CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports outlets all describe the same basic trigger: an eighth technical foul leading to a mandatory one-game ban unless rescinded.
One Yahoo Sports report later says the WNBA rescinds the technical decision ahead of the Lynx game, meaning Reese will not miss the contest. Another Yahoo Sports account includes the idea of an appeal process and notes the Dream’s relief once the ruling is reversed. Overall coverage centers on both the officiating decision and the subsequent rescission that changes Reese’s availability.
