{"id":787008,"date":"2026-07-27T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787008\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:58:13","slug":"aja-wilson-reacts-to-blocking-angel-reese-in-viral-funny-video-from-wnba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787008\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;ja Wilson Reacts to Blocking Angel Reese in Viral Funny Video from WNBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Las Vegas Aces center A&#8217;ja Wilson had no designs on denying Angel Reese at the rim when she got a block on the Atlanta Dream forward during the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Wilson turned away Reese&#8217;s shot attempt at the basket midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After the game, the four-time MVP said she was actually attempting to clear a path for Reese and jokingly apologized for the block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Angel was not supposed to do that,&#8221; she <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/49451406\/jones-clark-carry-team-spoon-wnba-all-star-game-victory\">told reporters<\/a>. &#8220;I was trying to get out of the way. I do not like to block shots during All-Star Games because what am I doing? So yeah, no, I&#8217;ve never had that happen to me, and I&#8217;m so sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Wilson was on the winning side as Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122. She played 14 minutes and finished with 12 points, three rebounds, one assist and the lone block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A three-time Defensive Player of the Year and five-time leader in blocks, the 6&#8217;4&#8243; big is an imposing presence in the paint in the games that matter. It&#8217;s obviously a much different story in the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Aces center A&#8217;ja Wilson had no designs on denying Angel Reese at the rim when she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-787008","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\/787008","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=787008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}