Isabelle Harrison was ejected on Sunday after she tackled Angel Reese to the floor during the Atlanta Dream’s game against the Toronto Tempo, a hard foul that provoked a brief on‑court scuffle.
Reese had been trying to post Harrison up when Harrison wrapped her arms around Reese and took her to the hardwood, prompting immediate reaction from both benches and officials. The physical play capped a sequence in which things had been getting chippy between the two.
Harrison, a 12‑year veteran who signed with the Tempo ahead of their inaugural season, had been off to a strong return: she did not make her season debut until last week after a thumb injury, and before the ejection she had 17 points, three rebounds and a pair of blocks in 19 minutes.
Reese is in her first season with the Dream after being traded by the Sky in the offseason and is averaging 14.9 points and 11.9 rebounds per game this year. Her presence in the post has been a focal point for Atlanta, which has won eight of its first 12 games.
The Tempo are 7‑6 on the season. The game’s flare‑up between Harrison and Reese drew attention partly because the two spent the 2024 season together in Chicago; teammates last year, they were on opposite ends of the floor on Sunday.
The tackle led to a short skirmish involving players from both sides before officials assessed an ejection to Harrison. League discipline beyond the ejection was not part of the game report available immediately after the contest.
Harrison’s physical return to the court — and her ability to score and protect the rim in limited minutes — gave Toronto a boost before the incident removed her from the game. For Atlanta, the episode interrupted a contest in which Reese had been asserting herself inside and in which the Dream have relied on her rebounding and scoring to maintain their strong start.
That the two once shared a locker room in Chicago adds a layer of friction to the incident even as it leaves an open question: whether Sunday’s tackle and the ensuing scuffle reflect deeper animus or were the product of in‑game heat. The timeline in the game shows a buildup of physicality between them before the foul, but there is no public statement establishing a broken relationship.
FilmoGaz has more on the on‑court sequence and the ejection in its game recap: Isabelle Harrison Angel Reese Scuffle: Harrison Ejected After Tackling Reese.
The immediate consequence is simple and concrete: Harrison is out of the game and the teams will meet again next Monday, giving both clubs and the league a fresh stage for whatever fallout follows. Atlanta and Toronto go into that rematch with records of 8‑4 and 7‑6 respectively, and with the unresolved question of whether this incident was an isolated flare or the start of something recurring.
The most consequential unanswered point is plain — will Sunday’s tackle change how the teams approach each other next Monday, and will Harrison and Reese’s past as teammates shape their next encounter? The answer will arrive on the court; until then, the ejection stands as the clearest, settled fact from a game that otherwise left a gap between what happened and why two former teammates came to blows.
