Chicago Sky guard Ariel Atkins defended teammate Angel Reese with a consummate veteran gesture.

Ariel Atkins vehemently defended Angel Reese after the Sky’s lopsided loss to the Liberty on Tuesday night while the pair were speaking with reporters at Barclays Center. The comment came in

Reese set her milestone on an assist to Ariel Atkins, who hit a long two-point shot to put the Sky up by 14 with 2:45 left. Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark had the WNBA's other triple-double this season with a 20-point,

Angel Reese was emotional while speaking to reporters Tuesday night, and her Chicago Sky teammate, Ariel Atkins, came to Reese's defense.

Angel Reese scored the first triple-double of her WNBA career in the Chicago Sky 's 78-66 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Angel Reese held up all 10 fingers in celebration of her first career triple-double, and the Sky needed exactly that kind of fiery, wind-ranging effort from her Sunday to beat the Sun 78-66 at Mohegan Sun Arena.