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The online outcry over Angel Reese\u2019s on-court body language does not sit well with Sophie Cunningham.<\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout October, Angel Reese has dominated the court, averaging close to 20 points and grabbing double-digit rebounds each night.<\/p>\n However, she never appears to acquire dominance gently. After Game 3, social media attacked her, focusing on a late taunting gesture that contributed to the victory. The typical audience jumped in and dismissed her as a \u201cbaby\u201d after seeing videos of her clearly losing her temper and yelling at teammates to give her the rock.<\/p>\n Sophie Cunningham does not share the fury. Examining the controversy on her show, the Mercury veteran dismissed the notion that Angel Reese had gone too far. For her, witnessing a celebrity become enraged because she isn\u2019t given the rock isn\u2019t a sign of immaturity; rather, it\u2019s just how basketball is.<\/p>\n According to her co-host, \u201cSocial media was lighting her up and saying she was a baby and she was all this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s my two things. I think one, you could probably clip almost everybody in the WNBA, in the NBA, that has clips like this, the frustration clips, right? You could you could 100% do that. That\u2019s what you get when you\u2019re playing at a high level, when you\u2019re a competitor, especially when the when you\u2019re trying to get a championship. Like, this s*** is going to happen. I\u2019m not surprised by that,\u201d Cunningham reacted.<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cActually, have three points. Number two, do I like the body language? Like, do I think that it could have been better? Absolutely. And I think if she watches this back, I think she could have said the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n The athlete remarked, saying, \u201cBut three, sometimes you got to do it. If your team\u2019s not getting you the damn ball, then if you see one of your star players getting frustrated, getting p***** off, then it\u2019s like, oh, you know, they\u2019re not they\u2019re not messing around. We need to get her the damn ball. And I think the coaching staff saw it. I think everyone on the bench saw it. Her teammates felt the energy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, you know, she did what she needed to do in order to put, you know, yet another game on her back. I loved it because of how she responded to it,\u201d Indiana Fever guard further said.<\/p>\n Having received a lot of criticism for her personal opinions, Cunningham is well-versed in online heat. However, that doesn\u2019t change her opinion in this case. If anything, it gives you more teeth.<\/p>\n Every night, she works hard on the court and shares a floor with Caitlin Clark, who is subject to the same public scrutiny. Cunningham\u2019s defense of Reese hit far more than keyboard noise because she understands what it\u2019s like to be under actual, oppressive pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n