Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese open 2025 WNBA season against each other as schedule releases

The 2025 WNBA regular season docket was released connected Monday, and the latest clash betwixt Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese volition beryllium happening close away. 

Clark’s Indiana Fever and Reese’s Chicago Sky volition beryllium going head-to-head to unfastened their respective seasons connected May 17 – 1 time aft the league’s opening slate the time before. 

This rivalry that goes backmost to their assemblage days astatine Iowa and LSU rapidly translated to the pros, arsenic play was seen successful the Rookie of the Year contention arsenic good arsenic their matchups connected the court.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) works to the handbasket against Dallas Wings defender Sevgi Uzun successful the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Clark went connected to triumph Rookie of the Year this past play aft mounting galore rookie and league records, but Reese quickly made her beingness known arsenic a chap WNBA All-Star by impacting Chicago successful her inaugural play arsenic well. 

Four meetings betwixt the Fever and Sky were had past season, and each was much anticipated than the adjacent arsenic these 2 tried to champion 1 different to assistance notch a triumph for their squad. 

But it was Clark’s Fever who pulled disconnected 3 wins retired of the 4 meetings. In those games, though, Reese tallied much points and rebounds than Clark, though the level wide did champion Reese successful assists successful each 4 games. 

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There were besides immoderate tense moments successful those games, opening with Reese’s teammate, Chennedy Carter’s flagrant foul connected Clark aboriginal successful the play that made nationalist headlines and sparked tons of sports statement aft the seasoned defender checked the rookie to the crushed successful what galore described arsenic a inexpensive shot. 

Then, connected June 16, Clark was going successful for a layup against the Sky erstwhile Reese came flying successful to effort to swat the shot away. Instead, her limb smacked Clark successful the head, and she went down hard. 

A flagrant 1 foul was called connected Reese, who had to support herself aft the game, saying she was simply trying to marque a play connected the shot and not trying to wounded Clark. 

Chicago Sky's Angel Reese (5) drives to the handbasket arsenic Los Angeles Sparks' Dearica Hamby defends during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops game, May 30, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Clark would accidental the aforesaid thing, knowing Reese was conscionable trying to assistance her squad successful the moment. 

Their performances, some successful assemblage and successful the pros, person made each of them scope personage presumption that transcends sports. Reese adjacent said connected the opening occurrence of her podcast that the 2023 nationalist title crippled betwixt her Tigers and Clark’s Hawkeyes "changed my beingness forever."

But that alteration has sometimes travel with hate. 

"I deliberation it's truly conscionable the fans, her fans, the Iowa fans, present the Indiana fans, that are truly just, they thrust for her, and I respect that, respectfully," Reese said. "But sometimes it's precise disrespectful. I deliberation there's a batch of racism erstwhile it comes to it."

There’s nary uncertainty Clark and Reese person each played a important relation successful increasing the crippled of women’s hoops and women’s sports successful general, which led to the WNBA wasting nary clip getting them connected the tribunal instantly for their latest rivalry chapter. 

Also worthy noting astir the WNBA docket merchandise is the newest franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, who extremity disconnected for their first-ever crippled connected May 16 against the Los Angeles Sparks. 

Angel Reese defended her artifact effort connected Caitlin Clark, which resulted successful a flagrant-1 foul being called. (Getty Images)

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The New York Liberty, winners of the 2024 WNBA title, volition spot their ringing ceremonial connected May 17 earlier their matchup with the Las Vegas Aces.

The Fever and Sky volition person 5 meetings successful the 2025 season.

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