Angel Reese didn't just have a big night in Atlanta's 78-71 win over the Sparks -- she rewrote the WNBA record book twice before the final buzzer. Her 26 rebounds broke Chamique Holdsclaw's single-game mark of 24, set back in 2003, and her 458 boards on the season pushed her past A'ja Wilson's 2024 record of 451.
Angel Reese was DOMINANT in tonight's win over the Sparks 🔹 11 points 🔹 26 rebounds 🔹 3 assists 🔹 3 steals 🔹 4-of-14 FG 🔹 3-of-4 FT She made history tonight by breaking the single-game and single-season rebounding records.
The stat line reads like a joke: 11 points, 26 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a 27th double-double on the year. Reese has never needed to score in bunches to control a game, but this was next-level even by her standards, and the league's own account made sure everyone saw it land.
26 REBOUNDS FOR ANGEL REESE TONIGHT. A NEW WNBA SINGLE-GAME RECORD 🚨
This isn't Reese's first rodeo with this record, either. As a rookie with the Chicago Sky in 2024, she set the WNBA's single-season rebounding mark before a wrist injury ended her year early -- only for Wilson to snatch it right back a few weeks later. Now in Atlanta, Reese has reclaimed the record outright, and she's doing it while the Dream are rolling: Atlanta entered the week at 24-13, fourth in the league, with a playoff spot already locked up. The win over the Sparks extended their streak to four straight, and Reese has been the engine, averaging 24.0 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists over her last three games heading into the record-setting night.
“I was looking at the stat thing, and I'm like, dang... I don't think in my life I got more than 10 rebounds." Allisha Gray on Angel Reese’s historic rebounding performance after she made history with 458 rebounds this season and 26 in one game 😅
Gray's reaction says it all -- this is a teammate who's watched Reese do this all season and is still stunned by the scale of it. With the Dream locked into the postseason and Reese playing the best two-way stretch of her career at the perfect time, Atlanta looks like a team nobody wants to see in the first round.