{"id":525711,"date":"2026-03-15T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/525711\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:57:08","slug":"caitlin-clark-leaves-angel-reese-hanging-on-high-five-in-team-usa-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/525711\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Leaves Angel Reese Hanging on High-Five in Team USA Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

A brief on-court moment involving Caitlin Clark<\/a> and Angel Reese<\/a> during Team USA\u2019s FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup qualifying game has quickly become the latest flashpoint in one of basketball\u2019s most closely watched rivalries.<\/p>\n

During the United States\u2019 91\u201348 win over Puerto Rico, cameras caught Reese extending her hand toward Clark for a high-five. Clark walked in the opposite direction without acknowledging the gesture, leaving Reese momentarily holding her hand in the air. <\/p>\n

The moment stood out because Clark and Reese are now teammates while competing for a place in the upcoming FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup. <\/p>\n

Clark, the Indiana Fever guard who burst into the league as the 2024 Rookie of the Year and a Time Magazine Athlete of the Year honoree, has become one of the sport\u2019s most recognizable faces. <\/p>\n

Part of that attention stems from her ongoing rivalry with Reese, the Chicago Sky forward whose rise began during LSU\u2019s 2023 championship run. Their first major clash came in the NCAA women\u2019s title game that year, when Reese celebrated late in LSU\u2019s victory by pointing to her ring finger in Clark\u2019s direction, while making the \u2018You can\u2019t see me\u2019 hand gesture, which originated with either John Cena or Tony Yayo, depending on whose lore you believe. <\/p>\n

Their competitive history continued when both players entered the WNBA. During the 2024 season, several physical plays between the Fever and the Sky fueled conversation about the intensity of their matchups. <\/p>\n

One incident occurred when Reese committed a hard foul on Clark while contesting a rebound.<\/p>\n

Another confrontation occurred the following year during a tense Fever\u2013Sky game. Reese pushed Indiana forward Natasha Howard while battling for an offensive board, and Clark fouled Reese before she could attempt a shot. Reese fell to the floor and quickly got back up to confront Clark. <\/p>\n

Officials reviewed the play and upgraded Clark\u2019s foul to a flagrant, while Reese and Indiana center Aliyah Boston were also assessed technical fouls.<\/p>\n

Clark addressed that sequence afterward in a postgame interview with ESPN\u2019s<\/a> Holly Rowe, explaining that there was \u201cnothing malicious about it, just a good take foul.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brief on-court moment involving Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese during Team USA\u2019s FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup qualifying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-525711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}