The secrets behind Angel Reese's legendary rebounding - ESPN

Angel Reese tracks the spinning orange and white stripes of the WNBA ball as soon as it leaves the shooter's fingertips. The Atlanta Dream forward moves into position on this hot and humid Atlanta night in early July. She bends her knees as she nears the basket and prepares to grab the ball as it rolls around the back of the rim. But a hand pushes into her back. Seattle Storm center Dominique Malonga extends her longer arm over Reese, tapping the ball backward and away from her.

For many players, that would have been the end of it. Malonga would have secured the offensive rebound and Reese would have repositioned defensively to contest the putback. But Reese doesn't concede rebounds that easily. As Malonga turns to grab the ball she'd tapped to herself, Reese scoops it up, one of her 11 rebounds that night in her 15th double-double of the season, a number that has since grown to a Dream-record 22.

While Caitlin Clark fills highlight shows with her logo 3s and Olivia Miles cuts mixtapes with her flashy passes, Reese amasses rebounds. Part Dennis Rodman's analytical brain and part Charles Barkley's persistent strength, Reese is doing it at a historic pace.

She grabbed her 1,000th career rebound in 79 WNBA games, 10 faster than Tina Charles, the league's all-time leader with 4,262. Reese has a league-high 384 this season and is averaging a league-best 12.0 per game and 12.6 for her career. If she keeps this pace over Atlanta's 11 remaining games, she would set the WNBA's single-season record and become the league's first player to crack 500 rebounds. Her long-term outlook also is historic. With 1,207 career rebounds (and counting) Reese would need 243 more games at her current pace to break Charles' record.

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