{"id":890382,"date":"2026-10-22T05:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890382\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:06:10","slug":"angel-reese-shares-kim-mulkeys-motivational-message-after-wnba-finals-game-3-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890382\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Shares Kim Mulkey&#8217;s Motivational Message After WNBA Finals Game 3 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">The Atlanta Dream took a 2-1 WNBA Finals lead over the Golden State Valkyries after an emphatic 97-71 win on their home court Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Dream star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/angel-reese-wnba-finals-history-dream-vs-valkyries-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese continued to look like the best player on the court<\/a> during Game 3. She finished with a game-high 21 points on 7-for-12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/angel-reese-wnba-finals-run-shooting-turnaround-since-fever-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shooting from the field<\/a>, along with 12 rebounds, three assists, and three steals in 34 minutes played. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">Reese&#8217;s college head coach, legendary LSU Tigers coach Kim Mulkey, was sitting courtside during Game 3. She was cheering Reese on emphatically throughout the game, and then the forward went over to her former coach and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/kim-mulkey-consoles-angel-reese-after-season-ending-injury-01j7a2qmd0mn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared an embrace and some words<\/a> after the game ended. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Angel Reese with her former LSU coach Kim Mulkey after Game 3 \ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DpOlmyrlHQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DpOlmyrlHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SInow\/status\/2113096843420684428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Reese spoke with the media after Wednesday&#8217;s win and was asked what message Mulkey had for her. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">&#8220;Her words, I can&#8217;t share. But she just kept telling me to go get it,&#8221; Reese said, per the WNBA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sk_WXjvu-ng\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">&#8220;Go get it, don&#8217;t stop, and just two more. I won a championship with her and remember how that felt, and being able to do it again with this group is gonna be even more special,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese&#8217;s Trash Talk Against Valkyries Proves How Confident She&#8217;s Feeling<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">Reese is clearly feeling herself right now, and rightfully so. This has been shown by the box score and by the eye test on the court.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">One example of this is the persistent trash talk she has been having with Valkyries Aminata Gueye throughout the past two contests.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">Reese<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShowCaseShabazz\/status\/2112341245800399204\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> went viral <\/a>for telling Gueye, &#8220;You can&#8217;t f*** with me, bum a**&#8221; between shooting free throws during Game 2, and was constantly reminding Gueye (who had six points and three rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench) that she couldn&#8217;t guard Reese throughout Game 3. At another point, Reese made a basket, looked to her bench, and looked to have said, &#8220;She can&#8217;t f*** with me!&#8221; talking about Gueye.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ATL Barbie is FIRED UP at home \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese is letting the Golden State bench hear it early \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdyXkN5RUj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fdyXkN5RUj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 espnW (@espnW) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espnW\/status\/2113065125443719487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">The former LSU star is one of the most passionate and fiery players in women&#8217;s basketball and always plays with her heart on her sleeve. Her willingness to engage in this sort of banter during the biggest games of her WNBA career speaks volumes about how she&#8217;s feeling. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">If Reese comes out with this same confidence during Game 4 on Saturday, the Valkyries will need to respond with some fire of their own or risk facing a 3-1 deficit in this WNBA Finals series. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DpBNIde8.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"7z\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Dream took a 2-1 WNBA Finals lead over the Golden State Valkyries after an emphatic 97-71&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-890382","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\/890382","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=890382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}