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Angel Reese gave Flau\u2019jae Johnson the cold shoulder during their first meeting as opponents in the WNBA. It was sad.<\/p>\n
The former LSU teammates are not friends.<\/p>\n
This latest WNBA<\/a> drama dates back to 2023. Reese missed multiple games during her senior year of college basketball, which led to a heated exchange that involved her mother and the mother of Johnson.<\/p>\n Angel Reese did not shake Flau\u2019jae Johnson\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n Flau\u2019jae Johnson was drafted No. 8 overall by the Storm during the WNBA Draft in April. Seattle has not been very good.<\/p>\n The Storm entered the weekend at 4-15 through its first 19 games. It hosted the Dream for game No. 20 on Saturday. Angel Reese was traded to Atlanta from Chicago in early April. This was her first game against Seattle this season.<\/p>\n Therefore, it was the first game of the season between Johnson and Reese. They played together at LSU in 2022-23 and 2023-24. The Tigers won a national title in their first season together.<\/p>\n As former teammates, Johnson tried to show love to Reese after their first meeting as opponents in the WNBA. The former went up to the latter with 1:20 remaining in the fourth quarter as she checked out of the game. The Storm led the Dream by 14 points.<\/p>\n Reese completely ignored Johnson. Johnson gave her a look like \u201coh, okay\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Flau’jae Johnson tried to give her former LSU teammate Angel Reese a handshake with more than a minute left in the game.<\/p>\n Friday’s matchup was their first meeting as opponents in the WNBA. pic.twitter.com\/68ZosBObKl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ESPN (@espn) June 28, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Awkward!<\/p>\n Johnson finished with 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Reese finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Seattle went on to win the game<\/a> by 15 points to move to 5-15. Atlanta dropped to 12-7.<\/p>\n Why the snub?<\/p>\n One might think that two former teammates who won a national title together in college would be thrilled to see each other. That, obviously, was not the case.<\/p>\n First and foremost, Angel Reese is a notorious sore loser. She often displays a bad attitude. This is nothing new.<\/p>\n To go even deeper, she and Flau\u2019jae Johnson are not friends. Johnson spoke about her rift with Reese and revealed what caused their relationship to fall apart during their last year together<\/a> during an interview in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it was a lot of media, it was a lot of locker room stuff. You know what I\u2019m saying? Stuff that go on behind the scenes. But it happens. It happens \u2026 Sometimes stuff happens. You wish it don\u2019t happen, but it do.\u201d<\/p>\n The beef likely stems from an incident in 2023. Johnson\u2019s mom claimed that Reese carried a horrendous GPA while at LSU<\/a>, which led to a heated back-and-forth<\/a> on the internet. LSU had a lot of drama in the locker room that season. They didn\u2019t get along.<\/p>\n And then there was the in-game shenanigans on Saturday. Johnson scored on Reese during the Storm\u2019s win over the Dream and stepped right in front of her with a little bit of a stare down.<\/p>\n FlauJae and Angel Reese \ud83d\ude02 . Big 4 was going crazy #wnba<\/a> #flaujae<\/a> #angelreese<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GISVikdyXd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BunnyMon\u00e8 (@BunnyMoneCeo) June 28, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n I would imagine that gesture was the proverbial icing on the cake for Reese not to shake Johnson\u2019s hand in the fourth quarter. The preexisting tension reached a boiling point when Johnson got up in her face. Still not a good look\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t