Angel Reese, Chicago Sky drop third straight game as slump continues with loss to Dream

Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky’s slump continued connected Friday nighttime with the team’s 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment and seventh of the season, this clip against the Atlanta Dream.   

Sky wide manager Jeff Pagliocca said earlier this week that the squad would request to spot much accumulation retired of the erstwhile LSU star, but Reese struggled to crook things astir successful the 88-70 nonaccomplishment that saw the Dream’s Rhyne Howard driblet a season-high of 36 points and a career-high 9 three-pointers. 

Atlanta Dream defender Rhyne Howard (10) drives towards the handbasket against Chicago Sky defender Ariel Atkins (7) during the 2nd fractional astatine Gateway Center Arena astatine College Park connected June 13, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

"We’ve got to bash a amended occupation of stopping the bleeding arsenic it’s going," caput manager Tyler Marsh told reporters aft the game. 

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"I deliberation we did astir arsenic bully a occupation arsenic you could bash defensively successful that archetypal fractional and for parts of that 3rd 4th and executed our antiaircraft crippled plan. But we’ve got to proceed to enactment unneurotic a afloat 40-minute game." 

Reese went 0-for-2 successful the archetypal 4th but recorded 5 rebounds and 2 assists. She followed that successful the 2nd with 8 points and went 3-for-4. But the Sky’s effort astatine turning things astir faltered successful the 3rd arsenic Atlanta pulled away. She finished the crippled with 12 points and 9 rebounds. 

Statistically, Reese has struggled this season, compared to past year’s All-Star-worthy performance. 

Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese (5) protects the shot implicit Atlanta Dream guardant Brionna Jones (24) during the 2nd fractional astatine Gateway Center Arena astatine College Park connected June 13, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

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Her tract extremity percent has dropped, she is averaging 10.3 points a crippled compared to past season’s 13.6, and her mean turnover per crippled is up 3.8 compared to her rookie mean of 3.5. 

"She’s had immoderate large games, and she’s had immoderate games similar everybody other that haven’t been her best," Pagliocca told the Chicago Sun-TImes this week. "But she’s our champion accidental astatine versatility connected this roster. We request much accumulation retired of her, but we request her to assistance america successful different ways, too.

A caller caput manager and revamped roster person enactment the Sky’s increasing pains connected afloat display. 

Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese (5) reacts with the shot successful beforehand of Atlanta Dream guardant Brionna Jones (24) during the archetypal fractional astatine Gateway Center Arena astatine College Park connected June 13, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

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"It’s a agelong play and there’s a batch of games left, but this is unexpected, and I’ve been precise disappointed," Pagliocca added. "We had beauteous big, important expectations for this season. That’s wherefore I made the moves I made."

The Sky beryllium astatine the bottommost of the Eastern Conference with a 2-7 record. They'll look to crook things astir erstwhile they question to Connecticut to play the Sun connected Sunday. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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