Aug. 28, 2026Up to date Aug. 29, 2026, 12:15 a.m. ET
COLLEGE PARK, GA — Atlanta Dream ahead Angel Reese picked up what would have been her eighth technical foul of the season on Friday, Aug. 28, throughout a 101-83 loss towards the Portland Fireplace. The technical foul was later rescinded following the sport, the WNBA confirmed to USA TODAY.Had the technical stood, it could have triggered an automated one-game suspension. Reese’s technical depend for the season now stands at seven.
The Dream ahead initially obtained the technical with 8:45 remaining within the fourth quarter of the Dream’s matchup towards Portland after she made contact with Carla Leite. Reese and the Fireplace guard bought twisted up following a possession. Reese then pushed Leite as she was backing up, heading to the opposite finish of the ground.
“I am certain we’ll attraction it. From my vantage level, it did not appear to be one thing that was tech worthy. So, hopefully, it will be rescinded, however I have not had the good thing about watching it on movie but or something like that. I believe that is most likely one thing that we’re gonna attempt to get rescinded,” Dream head coach Karl Smesko mentioned postgame.
“We’ll most likely have a dialog (with Reese), however she’s been actually good from early within the season. She’s actually managed to ― she went a very long time with out getting a technical and actually by no means deserved one. So, she was doing an ideal job. As I mentioned, what I noticed did not appear to be (a technical). (It was) possibly a foul. Did not appear to be a technical, however to be truthful, I have not checked out it on movie but. Hopefully that is one thing that’ll be rescinded, and we’ll have Angel’s providers for the Minnesota recreation (on Sunday).”
Underneath WNBA guidelines, a participant or coach is robotically suspended for one recreation upon receiving their eighth technical foul through the common season. Every extra technical comes with a $1,500 nice, and each two extra technical fouls through the common season end in a further one-game suspension.
The league could rescind each technical or flagrant foul assessed throughout every recreation. If the technical foul stood, Reese would have served her suspension for the Dream’s matchup towards the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, Aug. 30.
Reese beforehand exceeded the technical foul restrict through the 2025 WNBA season whereas enjoying for the Chicago Sky and served out a one-game suspension on Sept. 5, 2025.
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