Angel Reese Admits to Being ‘Terrible’ Before Making WNBA History

Angel Reese Admits to Being ‘Terrible’ Before Making WNBA History originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

For Angel Reese here in Year 2 of her WNBA career, this is what fans and observers have been waiting for. For much of the early part of the season, Reese was wayward and lacking in confidence in her shot, and while her rebounding remained an obvious strength, her inability to make shots was shaking her game elsewhere.

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But on Sunday in a national television game in Los Angeles against the Sparks, with the Sky badly in need of a win, Reese had her best game of the year, scoring 24 points with 16 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Sky to a 92-85 win.

Reese was 10-for-19 from the field in the game, marking the most field goals she has had in a game this season.

More than that, she made WNBA history by logging 15-plus rebounds for the fourth straight game, the first player in league history to accomplish that feat. But after the win, in her walk-off interview with ESPN, Reese acknowledged that 2025 was a big-time struggle early on.

“I always say to myself before every game, God doesn’t give to me any storm that I can’t handle,” she said. “The first eight games, I played terrible and I wasn’t coming up for my team. So I try to find other ways to come up for my team. I had seven assists today and that’s the thing that matters to me. Getting the ball to my teammates because I know they are making shots and they did that tonight.”

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Reese averaged 10.1 points on 35.8% shooting in the first eight games.

Her last four games have been a different story. She has averaged 17.3 points in those games, on 26-for-58 shooting (44.8%).  She has also averaged 17.5 rebounds in those games.

Most important the Sky got the win, even without star center Kamilla Cardoso, who left the team to play for Brazil for the coming week. Reserve Elizabeth Williams got her first start of the season in her place, and posted 12 points with nine rebounds, and a game-high plus-20 in the box score.

“My biggest one is opportunity,” Reese said when asked what she took from the win. “When opportunity comes, you maximize it. I think that everybody comes off the bench and steps up, and does it and executes–I mean, we miss Mill, we will be glad to have her back, but I think that we came in and we played really, really hard and we really wanted it.”

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.