{"id":248321,"date":"2026-06-14T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/angel-reese-isabelle-harrison-scuffle-shows-wnba-still-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-protecting-stars\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:26:39","slug":"angel-reese-isabelle-harrison-scuffle-shows-wnba-still-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-protecting-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/angel-reese-isabelle-harrison-scuffle-shows-wnba-still-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-protecting-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese-Isabelle Harrison scuffle shows WNBA still has a long way to go in protecting stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/teams\/toronto_tempo\/17633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Tempo\u00a0<\/a>forward Isabelle Harrison briefly played middle linebacker in Sunday&#8217;s home game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/teams\/atlanta_dream\/17251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Dream<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Toronto trailing Atlanta 52-42 in the third quarter, Harrison grabbed forward Angel Reese, who was trying to establish post position, and dragged her to the ground. The Dream star didn&#8217;t retaliate but appeared to scream something at Harrison when she regained her footing.<\/p>\n<p>The initial call was a common foul, but it was upgraded to a flagrant 2 after review, automatically ejecting Harrison. She finished with a team-high 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and grabbed three rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reese, meanwhile, turned in an excellent performance, scoring 15 points and grabbing 17 rebounds, leading the Dream (9-4) to a 102-77 win over the Tempo (7-7). The scuffle, however, will emerge as one of the game&#8217;s main storylines. It&#8217;s another example of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a> officiating crews often fail to safeguard young stars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/wnba\/articles\/angel_reese_isabelle_harrison_scuffle_shows_wnba_still_has_a_long_way_to_go_in_protecting_stars\/s1_13132_43954850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Tempo\u00a0forward Isabelle Harrison briefly played middle linebacker in Sunday&#8217;s home game against the Atlanta Dream.\u00a0 With Toronto trailing Atlanta 52-42 in the third quarter, Harrison grabbed forward Angel Reese, who was trying to establish post position, and dragged her to the ground. 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