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"Why are people letting her shoot wide-open 3?" - Sophie Cunningham questions how WNBA teams defend Angel Reese

Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese has drawn widespread attention during the 2026 WNBA playoffs by drastically improving her outside shooting, knocking down 38.5 percent of her attempts from behind the arc and raising her scoring average to 18 points per contest. During a recent podcast appearance, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham expressed disbelief at how opposing defenses continue to grant the star forward massive amounts of space on the perimeter.

Cunningham argued that professional athletes should never be left completely unguarded on the outside regardless of their historical shooting struggles, singling out the defensive tactics deployed by the Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty.

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