Sabrina Ionescu will be fined $500 and receive one disciplinary point for a flagrant 1 foul after elbowing Angel Reese in the face. Reese left the Liberty-Dream finale but was cleared to play; Atlanta coach Karl Smesko said the team held her out for the second half.
Atlanta beat New York 83-65 to secure the No. 4 playoff seed, while the Liberty finished as the No. 8 seed. Reese had six points, six rebounds and three steals in 17 minutes before leaving; Ionescu scored seven points.
The WNBA's 2026 fine for a flagrant foul rose to $500 from $200 last season under the new collective bargaining agreement. The article says this was Ionescu's only flagrant-foul violation of the season.
