Atlanta Dream Star Angel Reese Faces Suspension Over Technical Foul, WNBA Fine and Playoff
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Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese is on track for a one-game suspension pending potential appeal of her latest technical foul.
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CBS SportsAngel Reese received her eighth technical foul during the Atlanta Dream's 101-83 loss to the Portland Fire on Friday and will be suspended for the team's matchup with the league-leading Minnesota Lynx on Sunday unless it is rescinded by the league. Reese finished Friday's defeat with 16 points, 16 rebounds and six assists, but shot just 5 of 14 from the field.
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WNBA regulations require players who have received seven technical fouls pay a $1,500 fine and serve a one-game suspension for each additional tech.
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CBS SportsUnder WNBA rules, a player or coach is automatically suspended without pay for one game upon receiving an eighth technical foul during the regular season. The previous limit was seven technicals, but the league increased it to eight last season with the jump to a 44-game schedule. For every two additional technical fouls received, the player or coach will be automatically suspended for an additional game.
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Atlanta is now in a tight race with multiple clubs including the Las Vegas Aces and Indiana Fever for better playoff seeding.
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CBS SportsAtlanta entered Friday in fourth place, half a game behind the third-place Las Vegas Aces and half a game ahead of the fifth-place Fever. Due to their defeat and the Fever's win (the Aces will play later on Friday), the Dream have now dropped to fifth place and are just one game up on the sixth-place Washington Mystics, who own the tiebreaker between the clubs.
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The team may now also be without its top rebounder for Sunday's matchup against the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx. A squad led by Olivia Miles, Kayla McBride and Napheesa Collier will be taking on the Dream after putting together an WNBA-best 31-8 record.
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SB NationThe Minnesota Lynx — currently fully healthy — also become that much more formidable. The Lynx, who are 31-8, have the league’s best record and best point differential (+8.3) despite Napheesa Collier missing most of the season thus far. Minnesota has a loaded starting lineup that includes rookie and MVP candidate Olivia Miles, three-time All-Stars Courtney Williams and Natasha Howard, and five-time All-Stars Kayla McBride and Collier.
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01 Bleacher Report Reese was assessed her eighth tech of the season in the fourth quarter of the Dream's Friday night loss to the visiting Portland Fire.
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02 CBS Sports Early in the fourth quarter, Reese got tangled up with Fire point guard Carla Leite during a box-out situation. Reese appeared to push down on Leite's head/neck area, while Leite had her arm wrapped around Reese's back. As the two started to separate, Reese gave a little shove and was called for a technical.
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03 SB Nation NaLyssa Smith is out for the remainder of the season after suffering a non-contact leg injury late last week, the Las Vegas Aces announced on Thursday.
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