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0 of 31 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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ATLANTA (AP) — Angel Reese has always exuded confidence on and off the basketball court.
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Reese → exude → court
In her first season with Atlanta, she’s already become the team’s emotional leader and now has the Dream two wins away from the first WNBA championship in franchise history.
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she → become → history
“I just want to be able to come in every day and just pour into everybody, bring energy, bring the morale because I think it’s contagious,” Reese said after the 97-71 victory on Wednesday night over Golden State.
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Reese → want → State
“I’m hype all the time and bringing confidence into everybody.
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I → ’m → everybody
Like, you’re not taking this from us.
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you → take → us
In my heart, I’m not letting you take this from us, and I think it becomes contagious within the team.
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it → let → team
They feel that confidence, too.
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They → feel → confidence
Reese, who came to Atlanta from Chicago in an offseason trade, has made the most of her first postseason appearance since coming into the league three years ago.
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who → come → league
She became only the second player in finals history with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in consecutive games, joining A’ja Wilson.
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She → become → Wilson
At 24 years old, she also became the youngest with three straight double-doubles in the finals.
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she → become → finals
“Angel shows up in every game,” said point guard Jordin Canada, a two-time champion.
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Canada → show → game
“Some people only show up at big games, but she’s consistent with that, and she brings her teammates along.”
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she → show → teammates
Reese has raised her game offensively this postseason and is averaging 21.7 points and 13.7 rebounds in the WNBA Finals to help the Dream take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Dream → raise → series
She always has had an incredible motor where she has been able to outwork people on both ends of the court.
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she → have → court
Now her offensive game has caught up.
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game → catch → ?
“It’s really hard to match Angel’s energy, but we just try to do our part … just doing the little things to get into it.
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we → ’ → it
She brings a ton of energy.
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She → bring → energy
It’s very infectious,” Dream forward Naz Hillmon said.
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Hillmon → ’ → ?
“She brings her teammates with her, as (everyone) can see.
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everyone → bring → her
So just continuing to beat into it and go along with what she’s got going on.”
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she → continue → it
Reese entered the WNBA with criticism of her offensive game.
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Reese → enter → game
She didn’t shoot much outside of the lane and detractors said many of her rebounds came from her own misses.
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many → shoot → misses
Now she is hitting 3-pointers at 47% in the postseason and shooting about the same from the field overall thanks to the trust she had in Atlanta coach Karl Smesko to change her shot.
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she → hit → shot
Now she’s only two wins away from adding a WNBA title to her ever-growing resume.
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she → ’ → resume
She won an NCAA championship at LSU and a World Cup title this past September.
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She → win → LSU
When asked after the Game 3 win if she belonged in the conversation with other Atlanta sports greats like Hank Aaron, Dominique Wilkins and Deion Sanders, Reese deflected the notion.
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Reese → ask → notion
“I’ve only been here six months, so I don’t know how y’all can give me that yet,” she said.
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she → know → that
“My goal was to come to Atlanta and win a championship.
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goal → come → championship
And I think you become one of the greats and you come one of the best when you can win and impact winning.
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you → think → winning
And that’s all I wanted to do coming here.
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I → ’ → ?
Everything else really doesn’t matter to me.”
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Everything → matter → me
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