Angel Reese misses entire game against the Las Vegas Aces

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese did not play for the entirety of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Aces — for two different reasons.

The Sky sidelined Reese for the first half of Sunday’s game to serve a brief suspension for “statements detrimental to the team” given Tuesday in an interview with the Tribune. Reese sat on the bench for the first half while serving that suspension.

Shortly before the second half was set to begin, the Sky ruled out Reese for the remainder of the game with a back injury. Reese was not listed on the injury report in the lead-up to Sunday’s game. The forward participated in shootaround and wore a compression wrap on her back during pregame warmups at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

This is the 11th game that Reese has missed due to this back injury, which initia