Angel Reese recorded 17 points and 17 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream defeat the Chicago Sky 82-75 on Tuesday evening, while she also added to her growing WNBA résumé—without letting it take the spotlight.
Angel Reese came back to Chicago with a familiar jersey and a longer memory than most nights allow. By the time pregame introductions finished, the welcome was already loud enough to carry her across the court before the Dream even got rolling.
Then Reese did what she has been doing since she began piling up basketball history. In Tuesday evening’s 82-75 win over her former team. the Atlanta Dream. the Dream forward posted yet another double-double—17 points on 5 of 12 shooting. plus 17 rebounds. Four assists and two steals rounded out a stat line built for impact, not headlines.
The numbers kept stacking. After the game, it was noted that Reese became the first WNBA player to reach 957 rebounds through 75 games. Her 57 double-doubles in 75 games tied her with former NBA player Blake Griffin for second-most double-doubles behind only Shaquille O’Neal.
Her place on that kind of list doesn’t come with a quiet spotlight in the way sports often like to pretend it does. The comparisons extend farther too: Tina Charles and Tim Duncan are also associated with the double-double ladder—Duncan is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. and Charles is expected to join in the coming years.
But when Reese was asked about the historic feats, she didn’t lean into them. She pushed the emphasis back toward what mattered to the Dream’s season, and what her result against the Sky actually changed.
“It doesn’t matter unless I get a win,” Reese said in her postgame remarks. “I was able to get a lot of double-doubles my first two years, but it feels good when you get a win, so I’m really happy to be with the Dream.”
Atlanta isn’t just chasing momentum for its own sake. The Dream are on a mission to claim the Commissioner’s Cup, a goal that the Indiana Fever won last year. Against Chicago. the Dream showed a balanced edge around Reese—Rhyne Howard added 17 points. Naz Hillmon scored 16. and Jordin Canada and Allisha Gray each contributed 14.
Reese’s night matters in the standings as much as it does in the record books. With the win, Atlanta moved to 8-3 and sits atop the Eastern Conference standings. They’re third overall across the league—an especially notable rebound for a player who, in Chicago, dealt with consecutive losing seasons.
The story, for Reese, wasn’t about proving she belongs among the greats. It was about finishing the game with the win—and letting the history follow.
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957 rebounds already?? that’s wild.
Idk why everyone makes it sound like she’s humble or whatever… she basically did her usual double-double thing. But the win part is what matters I guess. 82-75 sounds close though.
Wait Blake Griffin is tied with her?? I thought that was only NBA stuff. Also like… how is she getting 17 rebounds every game but the Dream are just 8-3? should’ve been undefeated if it’s that dominant. I’m confused.
She shrugs off records but then they put her on the record ladder anyway lol. I remember Chicago fans booing her and now she’s got all these milestones there. Commissioner’s Cup too?? Indiana Fever won it last year so now Atlanta is just gonna copy that vibe. Also why do they keep mentioning Tim Duncan like it makes it more legit? Doesn’t she just need to keep playing and not get in her own head.