PHOENIX — For 40 minutes on Saturday, Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese will put aside their rivalry to join forces on Team WNBA in the league’s All-Star Game against the United States women’s national team.
In a weekend when the stars of women’s basketball have congregated in the blistering heat of Arizona, the unification of Clark and Reese has become a storyline unto itself. And they know it.
“That’s what everybody wants to see,” Reese said Friday.
The two, who played against each other in the 2023 Women’s NCAA tournament national championship game when Clark was at Iowa and Reese was at LSU, and then three times in the first half of the WNBA season, have momentarily embraced being teammates. They spent time working on a pick-and-roll together during Friday morning’s practice.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Reese said. “Everybody can wear their ‘Get Along’ shirts together for…