{"id":628819,"date":"2026-05-07T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628819\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:11:08","slug":"sophie-cunnhingham-hits-back-at-angel-reese-after-viral-nba-playoff-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628819\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunnhingham hits back at Angel Reese after viral NBA playoff post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1401728_042151_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Sophie Cunnhingham hits back at Angel Reese after viral NBA playoff post \"\/>Sophie Cunnhingham hits back at Angel Reese after viral NBA playoff post\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham criticized Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese following Reese\u2019s social media activity involving her past and present romantic interests. <\/p>\n<p>The controversy arose when Reese reposted a \u201clowlight\u201d video of Jalen Durent being dunked on by Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. the current boyfriend of Reese. <\/p>\n<p>Duren is widely rumoured to be Reese\u2019s ex, fans and analysts were quick to view the post as a calculated jab, aligning with the intensity of their first-round playoff matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham and co-host West Wilson discussed the situation on their podcast Show Me Something. Cunningham suggested that Reese seemed intent on embarrassing Duren. <\/p>\n<p> Cunningham said, \u201cSomething had to have happened for [Reese] to keep, I don&#8217;t know, wanting to embarrass him in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When her co-host suggested no conflict existed, Cunningham advised Reese to focus on her current relationship rather than the past drama. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cBut then move on! Worry about the current boyfriend,\u201d Cunningham responded. <\/p>\n<p>The viral social media post led to Detroit fans chanting Reese\u2019s name at Carter Jr. during a high-stakes Game 7. <\/p>\n<p>Despite off-court distractions, Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons staged a spectacular comeback, winning three straight games to topple the Magic and advance to the second round. <\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese has not responded to Cunningham\u2019s criticisms as she prepares for the start of the WNBA season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunnhingham hits back at Angel Reese after viral NBA playoff post\u00a0 Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham criticized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-628819","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\/628819","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=628819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}