The air inside Barclays Center was already thick with tension on Tuesday night when the Chicago Sky faced the New York Liberty. The Sky were fighting tooth and nail to keep their playoff hopes alive, and Angel Reese — the team’s most polarizing star — was at the heart of every rebound, every box-out, every heated exchange under the rim. But with just minutes left in the third quarter, a whistle cut through the noise, and with it came a moment that would ignite controversy across the entire WNBA.
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