Angel Reese Shot an Airball in Front of Caitlin Clark and the Number on Her Stat Sheet Is Even Worse

Angel Reese bricked a three-point attempt so badly it didn't even graze the rim.

That was Thursday night, in front of a national audience, against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup.

The embarrassment didn't stop there – and what showed up on ESPN's stat page the next morning is the number the media doesn't want you talking about.

Angel Reese Goes Viral After Airball Against Caitlin Clark

Before Thursday's Commissioner's Cup game between the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever, cameras caught Reese at shootaround attempting three-point practice shots.

The footage went viral instantly.

Her form featured a bizarre leg wind-up before launching a stroke that looked nothing like a professional basketball player's shot.

Then the game started, and things got worse.

At the 8:46 mark in the second quarter, Reese put her practice to the test.

The result: a clean miss that didn't touch iron.

An airball.

On national television.

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Angel Reese's Three-Point Percentage Is Worse Than You Think

Social media had a field day with the airball, but the real story surfaced Friday morning.

Fans dug into Reese's three-point numbers on ESPN's stat page and found a figure that barely seemed real.

Nine-point-one percent.

That's her three-point field goal percentage for the 2026 season.

For context, the floor for an NBA player to be considered a functional three-point shooter is around 33 percent.

ESPN – the same network that spent two years manufacturing Reese as Clark's equal – had the number sitting right there on their own site.

The internet noticed.

"Angel Reese's 3-point field goal percentage might be the most hilarious sports statistic that I've ever seen in my life," one widely shared post read, accompanied by a screenshot straight from ESPN.

The League That Can't Afford This

Here's the part the sports media glosses over: the WNBA loses tens of millions of dollars every single year.

A WNBA team executive put it plainly, telling the Washington Post, "The truth is, this league would be hard-pressed to exist without the NBA."

League losses were projected to hit $50 million by the end of 2024 – and that was before the league expanded its roster of money-losing franchises.

The one player who actually moved the needle on revenue and ratings was Caitlin Clark.

League attendance jumped nearly 50 percent when Clark arrived.

Viewership peaked at 2.7 million during Clark's 2025 matchup against Chicago – numbers the WNBA had never seen.

Clark built the audience that is now watching Angel Reese throw up airballs.

Meanwhile, ESPN's Holly Rowe accused a reporter of "bullying women" for posting a clip comparing Clark and Reese's on-court impact.

ESPN's Monica McNutt called the discussion around a Clark-Reese scuffle racially biased.

Jemele Hill declared Reese "not the villain" – as if 9.1 percent from three was somehow Clark's fault.

The media machine propped Reese up as Clark's peer for two straight years while the stats quietly told a different story.

Angel Reese Stats Don't Lie After Three Seasons in the WNBA

Reese has now been in the WNBA for three seasons and has already played for two different teams.

Drafted seventh overall by Chicago in 2024, then shipped to Atlanta this past April in exchange for two first-round picks.

She averaged 14.1 points and 12.9 rebounds across 64 career appearances with the Sky – a genuine interior force.

Nobody disputes she can rebound.

The problem is that someone convinced Angel Reese she should be shooting three-pointers.

She is one of the most physically dominant post players in this league at 6-foot-3.

Every shot she heaves from behind the arc is a wasted possession, a missed rebound opportunity, and a reminder that playing out of your role doesn't end well – no matter how many times ESPN calls you a star.

Caitlin Clark built the WNBA's biggest audience in league history.

The sooner Atlanta's coaches lock Reese inside the paint and take the three-point ball out of her hands entirely, the better the Dream's chances of winning anything.

Until then, the media's hand-picked rival to Clark will keep launching shots that don't reach the basket – in a league that can't survive without the one player she's supposed to be competing with.

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Sources:

• Andrew Powell, "How On Earth Is Dream's Angel Reese In WNBA With This Horrendous Shooting?," The Daily Caller, June 5, 2026.
• "Chicago Sky Trade Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream," WNBA.com, April 6, 2026.
• Jon Root, "ESPN's Holly Rowe Claims I'm 'Bullying Women' Due to Angel Reese Criticism," OutKick, May 1, 2026.
• "WNBA Backed by Caitlin Clark Continues to Hemorrhage Money Despite Record Attendance and Ratings," The Washington Post via AOL, 2024.