Jackie Young didn’t hold back after Becky Hammon’s explosive ejection, claiming that the NBA officials were in the wrong.
The Las Vegas Aces hit a rough patch on the floor, dropping a 97-82 matchup to the Atlanta Dream. Even in the loss, A’ja Wilson was absolute money with 27 points, 14 boards, and 4 blocks. Jackie Young carried her weight too, sinking four triples on her way to 24 points to keep Las Vegas hanging around.
But the real fireworks went off late in the second quarter when head coach Becky Hammon blew a gasket over a missed call. After getting slapped with a lightning-fast double technical, Hammon was tossed, leaving her squad to fight out the second half without their leader.
After the game, many supporters online were confused as to why she was so mad about the call, which resulted in an explanation from Jackie Young, who was seen holding her back.
Jackie Young explains the Becky Hammon ejectionLeft to do the postgame press conference with A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young set the record straight on exactly why Becky Hammon was so mad about her ejection on the Las Vegas Aces YouTube channel.
She said: “I mean Becky rightfully so was upset with the no call that we had down on the other end, and then there was another, I don’t know what happened on the other side. But just the inconsistency that we see sometimes, it’s frustrating. It gets to you. We tried to hold her back. Becky’s strong as hell. Tried to hold her back, but I mean, I guess it was just, I don’t know what the hell they saw, but unfortunate.”
Officiating across the WNBA has reached a breaking point, and players are visibly exhausted by the lack of consistency. Night after night, the whistle changes depending on who’s on the floor, physical defense gets rewarded one game, while touch fouls ruin the flow in the next.
Even WNBA fans have spotted the harsh treatment on players like Caitlin Clark, rather than treating each player as an individual.
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