{"id":888874,"date":"2026-10-20T13:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888874\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:38:14","slug":"angel-reese-gives-up-on-atlanta-dream-teammates-mid-play-during-wnba-finals-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888874\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese gives up on Atlanta Dream teammates mid-play during WNBA Finals Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/17\/sports\/angel-reese-doesnt-credit-valkyries-defense-after-wnba-finals-game-1-thriller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese shined in the Atlanta Dream\u2019s <\/a>79-65 victory in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/19\/sports\/valkyries-and-dream-skip-national-anthem-for-second-game-in-a-row-during-wnba-finals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monday night\u2019s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals<\/a>, but she was not happy in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Reese was seen visibly frustrated with less than eight minutes left in the quarter, as she was seen giving up mid-play.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese was upset with her teammates during Monday night\u2019s WNBA Finals Game 2 matchup. AP Photo\/Justine Willard<\/p>\n<p>Standing in the mid-range vicinity of the court, Reese was seen waving her hand to let her teammates to let them know she was open to take the shot.<\/p>\n<p>Reese\u2019s Dream teammates elected to pass the ball to everyone but her. Leaving her standing on the court in frustration as she was seen slamming her hands on her hips and stomping on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Reese eventually went on to walk near the Dream\u2019s bench while her teammate Allisha Gray missed a three-point shot.<\/p>\n<p>As members of the Valkyries attempted to help each other up after missing the rebound attempt, Reese was seen ignoring her teammate, Te-Hina Paopao, who tried to give her a high-five.<\/p>\n<p>While Reese was frustrated over not getting the ball, she ironically was the Dream\u2019s best player on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Reese became the first Atlanta <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2112368329600197055?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">player to score over 25 points<\/a> and have 10 rebounds in a WNBA Finals game.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese explodes on her teammates in Monday\u2019s WNBA Finals Game 2 performance. AP Photo\/Justine Willard<\/p>\n<p>Reese finished the game leading the team in points [30] and rebounds [16] while having three assists. Only Jordan Canada had more assists [10] for Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Reese was 10 of 16 from mid-range, while 1-for-1 in three pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese was seen visibly upset at Atlanta teammates in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Monday night. AP Photo\/Justine Willard<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/19\/sports\/gabby-williams-wears-49ers-jersey-before-wnba-finals-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valkyries were led in scoring by Gabby Williams <\/a>and Tiffany Hayes, who both had 14 points apiece. <\/p>\n<p>Williams finished the game with two rebounds and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>With the Dream\u2019s victory on Monday night, they have now evened the series at one and will play the next two games in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese shined in the Atlanta Dream\u2019s 79-65 victory in Monday night\u2019s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3691,3444,4804,99,434],"class_list":["post-888874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-angel-reese","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888874","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=888874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}