Cheryl Reeve went scored earth on the officiating crew overseeing Recreation 5 of the WNBA Finals, and she or he didn’t maintain again.
The Liberty-Lynx collection had been extremely tight all through the Finals. The margin of victory was tiny — lower than 5 factors in a number of video games — and each basket and foul name counted. Late in Recreation 5, the Lynx had been seemingly on the verge of locking up the franchise’s fifth championship when two fouls had been known as on the Lynx.
After the primary foul, Breanna Stewart missed each free throws, which ought to have seemingly iced the matchup. However the second foul, known as with just below 4 seconds left, despatched Stewie to the road. She nailed each free throws, and the Lynx couldn’t get a shot to fall afterward, sending the sport into additional time. That usually isn’t an enormous deal till you see the play was known as a foul.
Stewie acquired away with a brilliant apparent journey on the inbound#WNBAFinals pic.twitter.com/tCttai5pfx
— Tony Clements (@TonyCMKE) October 21, 2024
As you possibly can see, Stewie seemingly traveled earlier than the foul. However that isn’t what brought about an uproar. Many individuals, together with LeBron James, shortly identified that the decision wasn’t a foul in any respect. (Warning: NSFW language.)
I’m sorry however that wasn’t a foul! Let the rattling gamers dictate the end result of an in depth battled examined recreation. 🤦🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 21, 2024
Cheryl Reeve additionally thought the foul name was terrible and challenged it in-game, however it was unsuccessful. Consequently, she went IN on the refs throughout a fiery postgame presser. Right here’s a part of what she mentioned:
“The officers, in the course of the recreation, ought to have a 3rd occasion as a result of that was not a foul. That decision ought to have been reversed on that problem. If we despatched that clip in … they might have advised us that it was marginal contact. No foul. Assured … that determined the sport.”
Cheryl Reeve on the ultimate name of regulation pic.twitter.com/V55IwbowKJ
— Robin Lundberg (@robinlundberg) October 21, 2024
However that wasn’t all Cheryl needed to say. She acknowledged that the headlines would talk about her rant earlier than including, “This [expletive] was stolen from us.” (Warning: NSFW language.)
“I do know all of the headlines shall be ‘Reeve cries fouls.’ Carry it on. Proper? Carry it on. As a result of this was stolen from us. Carry it on” -Cheryl Reeves on the Lynx dropping Recreation 5pic.twitter.com/y3pkX7bAUs
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) October 21, 2024
