The Sunday game between the Atlanta Dream and the Minnesota Lynx delivered on its hype as both teams went all in in a closely contested matchup that had no shortage of physicality from either side. The Gateway Center Arena even saw a heated exchange between the two teams in the second quarter. However, the frostiness of the game gave way to pure sportsmanship as Angel Reese’s teammate from the Atlanta Dream, Jordin Canada, went up to check on the Lynx rookie Olivia Miles after the game, with the latter going down in a play in the dying moments of the game.

With just around 54 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Olivia Miles went down hard after making a driving layup. The incident occurred when Miles ran into a camera person because of her momentum.WNBA reporter Meghan L. Hall posted to X the moment that Canada was seen interacting with Miles.

Olivia Miles was briefly down on the court and was seen limping towards the sidelines after the game finished. However, cameras caught Atlanta’s Jordin Canada checking on Miles after the game, and the Atlanta guard shared some encouraging words with the Minnesota rookie, per Hall.

While both teams had already qualified for the playoffs, the game was still very fiercely contested as both teams were looking to avoid back-to-back losses. The closely contested game even saw a heated exchange between Atlanta’s Angel Reese and Minnesota’s Courtney Williams in the second quarter, when Williams tried to grab the ball from Reese but ended up fouling her. Both had to be separated after the heated exchange.

So this gesture by Canada, going out of the way to check up on Olivia Miles, is earning the appreciation from fans.

While there is no official communication from either Miles or the Lynx management regarding her injury, any serious issue for Olivia Miles can put Minnesota’s postseason in jeopardy, as the rookie has been the leading scorer and playmaker of this Lynx team. She leads the Minnesota team in points and assists, averaging 19.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game this season.

Even in this loss, she was the Lynx’s top scorer, with 21 points while adding five rebounds. Kayla McBride and Napheesa Collier added 17 points each, but Collier struggled with efficiency, making only five of her fifteen shots from the field.

The Dream took control of the game early, in what turned out to be another historic night for Angel Reese. Atlanta led by as many as 20 points at one point during the game. Rhyne Howard, who missed her first five shots from beyond the arc, made back-to-back threes to give Atlanta a decisive lead with 5:55 remaining in the fourth quarter. Howard finished the night with 16 points, and Allisha Gray added another 23 points and 11 rebounds.

For Reese, it was another night of history-making as she surpassed Alyssa Thomas’ record for most double-doubles in a season in WNBA history. She recorded her 29th double-double of the season, moving past Thomas’ record of 28, which she set in 2023.

Reese has already surpassed the WNBA record for most rebounds in a single game, when she grabbed a historic 26 rebounds in a game against the Los Angeles Sparks on August 24. She also broke the WNBA single-season total rebounds record, eclipsing A’ja Wilson’s 2024 mark of 451 rebounds on the very same night.

Angel Reese has also broken her own record for most offensive rebounds in a season, with 195 this season. She set her previous record with 172 offensive rebounds during her rookie campaign in 2024.

Reese has been in fine form this season for Atlanta and is averaging 16.1 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game this season, and leads the league in rebounds. Atlanta will look to lock down the fourth seed to secure home-court advantage in the playoffs and is now level with the Indiana Fever with a 26-14 record.

Reese and Co. will surely look to continue this winning momentum as they take on the Connecticut Sun after the FIBA break on September 17.