
There is home-court advantage, and then there is the Angel Reese treatment.In a winner-take-all Game 7 that felt like a messy episode of "Love & Basketball", Detroit Pistons fans turned Little Caesars Arena into a house of psychological warfare.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The target was Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr.The weapon was his own girlfriend.As the Magic big man stepped to the stripe during Detroit’s 116-94 blowout win, a deafening chant of "AN-GEL RE-ESE" rained from the rafters.The backstory is all soap opera.Before dating Carter Jr., Reese was linked to Pistons star Jalen Duren.The blood boiled over during this series when Angel Reese posted Instagram highlights of Carter Jr. dunking on Duren, captioned: "PLAY THE SONGGGGG."PACERS' GAME 1 HERO'S GIRLFRIEND TAKES SHOT AT KNICKS AFTER PLAYOFF COLLAPSEPistons fans did not forget. And the tactic worked.While Duren played like a man possessed with a 15-point and 15-rebound double-double, Carter Jr. looked rattled. Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream reacts to a foul against the Washington Mystics in the second quarter of a preseason game at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga., on May 3, 2026. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Jalen
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