{"id":703749,"date":"2024-06-05T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/?p=703749"},"modified":"2024-06-29T12:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T16:22:24","slug":"wnba-overturns-angel-reese-technical-foul-ejection-after-lonzo-ball-offers-to-pay-her-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/2024\/06\/wnba-overturns-angel-reese-technical-foul-ejection-after-lonzo-ball-offers-to-pay-her-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA overturns Angel Reese technical foul, ejection after Lonzo Ball offers to pay her fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_703751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703751\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/2024\/06\/wnba-overturns-angel-reese-technical-foul-ejection-after-lonzo-ball-offers-to-pay-her-fine\/wnba-jun-04-new-york-liberty-at-chicago-sky\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-703751\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-GettyImages-2155470055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-703751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-GettyImages-2155470055.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-GettyImages-2155470055-647x453.jpg 647w, https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-GettyImages-2155470055-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Tamez\/ Icon Sportswire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The WNBA overturned one of 2 technical fouls that resulted in Angel Reese being ejected during the Chicago Sky loss to the New York Liberty on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the final minutes of the game, Reese was hit with a technical when she &#8220;disrespectfully addresses&#8221; referee Charles Watson. Then Reese waved her hand as she walked away from Watson, who gave her a second technical foul, resulting in automatic ejection.<\/p>\n<p>A league spokesperson confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/wnba\/2024\/06\/05\/angel-reese-technical-fouls-ejection-wnba-rescinds\/73986484007\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA TODAY Sports<\/a> that Watson made an error when he assessed the technical that ejected Reese.<\/p>\n<p>Reese will still face a $200 fine &#8211; which NBA star Lonzo Ball offered to pay for her.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_CODE\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-CODE\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/images39\/lonzo-angel-745x755.jpg\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photo may have been deleted\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-CODE\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LlQDBJeOlvU?si=M0UF5G2mpfCiCER0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watson is the same referee who gave Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter a common foul after she <a href=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/2024\/06\/indiana-fever-gm-after-hard-foul-on-caitlin-clark-it-needs-to-stop\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blindsided<\/a> Caitlin Clark last week.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA upgraded Carter&#8217;s common foul to a flagrant 1 foul, but she was not fined.<\/p>\n<p>The two announcements by the WNBA regarding the same referee led many fans to wonder if the WNBA has an officiating problem.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans say Watson seems to have a problem with WNBA rookies who make more money than he does.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Carter call Clark a &#8220;b*tch&#8221; before knocking her to the floor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M6LonLuMDTw?si=8un8B-grvqmwabPp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A league spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the referee, Charlie Watson made an error when he assessed a double technical and ejected Reese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":703752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17714],"tags":[16846,16845,17657,1706,2047,17664],"class_list":{"0":"post-703749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-angel-reese","9":"tag-caitlin-clark","10":"tag-chicago-sky","11":"tag-viral-video","12":"tag-wnba","13":"tag-wnba-referee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703756,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703749\/revisions\/703756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}