{"id":507097,"date":"2026-03-01T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:33:22","slug":"kelsey-plum-gets-real-about-angel-reese-unrivaled-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507097\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Plum Gets Real About Angel Reese Unrivaled Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"54\">The Unrivaled regular season ended on February 27, and there were some compelling matchups before the playoffs begin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"57\">One of these was when Rose BC faced Phantom BC. Both of these teams might match up in the playoffs, which becomes more intriguing because Rose BC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/unrivaled-drops-surprise-angel-reese-announcement-01kh6es1vw3r\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now has Angel Reese rostered<\/a>. And Reese had a great game on February 27, scoring a team-high 17 points and grabbing 8 rebounds in 14 minutes. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kjjtcccrf1ntqxpa0a.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Reese (5) of the Rose\" title=\"Angel Reese (5) of the Rose\" width=\"3767\" height=\"3767\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5h\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese (5) of the Rose | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">But Reese&#8217;s performance wasn&#8217;t enough to beat Phantom BC, who ultimately won 72-68. Phantom BC was led by Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum on Friday, who tallied an impressive 35 points in 21 minutes. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Reese and Plum went head-to-head at one possession in the game, which garnered a lot of interest because the two play different positions and Reese is the bigger player. However, Plum made it apparent that she wanted a piece of Reese in the paint. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kjjtkkrrymcbgvfkv8.jpg\" alt=\"LA Sparks guard Kelsey Plum (10) shoots the ball against Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese \" title=\"LA Sparks guard Kelsey Plum (10) shoots the ball against Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese \" width=\"5334\" height=\"5334\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5y\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Sparks guard Kelsey Plum (10) shoots the ball against Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese  | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey Plum Opens Up About Facing Angel Reese In Unrivaled<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Plum spoke with the media after her team&#8217;s win on Friday and opened up about her battle against Reese. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">\u201cYou know, I love playing against Angel. I love playing against great players. And so, she had the ball, and she was gonna give it up, and I was like, &#8216;No, no, no. Keep it. Let&#8217;s do this,'&#8221; Plum said, per an X post from Wendell Epps.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\"> &#8220;And so, she&#8217;s backing me down, I&#8217;m trying to stand my ground. She&#8217;s incredibly strong. Eventually, they called a foul. But I really wanted that one. I really wanted that stop; I was standing my ground. And so I was like, &#8216;Come on, y&#8217;all. I&#8217;m a featherweight, going against a power player here! Give me something,&#8217; you know?&#8221; Plum continued. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">&#8220;But at the end of the day, something I&#8217;ve learned about Unrivaled is just the fan experience, and how much they&#8217;re able to connect with us, us with them. And I think that they&#8217;ve just done an incredible job of reeling people in. And it feels personal, right? It feels like they&#8217;re right there, with the best players in the world. And so, I love to engage with the fans. I think it\u2019s fun. This is entertainment at the end of the day. So yeah, had that moment. And I want it again!&#8221; Plum concluded. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kelsey Plum on guarding Angel Reese and how much she enjoys the atmosphere of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Unrivaled?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Unrivaled<\/a> games: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love playing against Angel, I love playing against great players \u2014 I love to engage with the fans. I think it\u2019s fun. This is entertainment at the end of the day.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8euCWWa2PN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8euCWWa2PN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wendell Epps (@epps_wendell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epps_wendell\/status\/2027570815797973211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Plum is right in saying that Unrivaled provides an immersive and intimate experience for fans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/unrivaled-s-philadelphia-road-show-delivers-record-setting-night-01kga19tspaz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watching in person<\/a>. And these were treated to Reese and Plum going at it to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Unrivaled regular season ended on February 27, and there were some compelling matchups before the playoffs begin.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-507097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}