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On Monday, Reese and the Sky were back in action, looking to avoid another losing streak as they hosted A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces. This also happened to be the night that Chicago retired Candace Parker’s jersey.<\/p>\n
WNBA Gives Reese New Nickname<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s game between the Sky and Aces carried major postseason implications despite Chicago already being eliminated. A win by Las Vegas, which would be its 11th straight, would clinch a playoff spot for the Aces<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ahead of the important matchup, the WNBA advertised the game by sharing fitting nicknames for both Reese and Wilson, respectively.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “LIL\u2019 A VS. BIG A \ud83e\udd29,” the WNBA wrote on X with a video of Reese and Wilson walking into Wintrust Arena. “Angel Reese and A\u2019ja Wilson are in the building for tonight\u2019s matchup! Don\u2019t miss it at 8pm\/ET on League Pass!<\/p>\n Comparing Reese and Wilson<\/p>\n After starring at Maryland and LSU, Reese entered the WNBA as the No. 7 pick in the 2024 draft. She quickly adjusted to the pros, earning an All-Star nod in her rookie season. Through 60 career games, she is averaging 14.0 points and 12.7 rebounds, and she set the single-season rebounding record as a rookie.<\/p>\n However, due to a late-season injury in 2024, Wilson went on to break Reese’s rebounding record.<\/p>\n Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) during a WNBA game against the Connecticut Sun\u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n Still, Reese is in good company to be mentioned with a great like Wilson. The former South Carolina forward is arguably the best player in the WNBA, winning three championships and three MVP awards. This season, Wilson is still playing at a high level, averaging 23.2 points and 10.2 rebounds.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Related: Lynx Star Makes Honest Admission About Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Aug 26, 2025, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers may receive compensation for some links to products and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,724,49,48,726,3458,1483,3460,3457,82,630,26214],"class_list":["post-97554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson","tag-angel-reese","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-sky","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-playoffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97554","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=97554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n