It seems flopping is contagious.Just days after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander caused an NBA meltdown over his histrionics in the Western Conference finals against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, Angel Reese has caught the flopping bug.The Dream-Sun matchup provided a battle between two of the league’s best post playersGettyReese starred in the Atlanta Dream’s 91-75 win over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday.The Dream power forward put up 12 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block during the Commissioner’s Cup showdown, but it was her altercation with Sun star Brittney Griner that caught attention.Angel Reese sparks backlash over flopping incident with Brittney GrinerWith 7:43 left to play in the fourth quarter, the physical post players were involved in an incident.The WNBA pair got tangled up while battling for a rebound, and Griner’s arm appeared to gently catch Reese around the neck.Reese fell hard to the floor before officials went over to the monitor and whistled Griner for a Flagrant 1 foul.Griner appeared surprised by Reese’s overreaction, but immediately reached down to help the unharmed Dream star off the floor.There were clearly no hard feelings between the pair, but fans took to social media to call out Reese for flopping so egregiously.“Yeah, it’s a foul (not a flagrant) but this flopping has gotten contagious, now WNBA women are doing it,” one basketball fan said on X.“She learning from NBA players how to act,” another joked.“Certainly flopping she’s hoping the referee blow the whistle,” said a third.Griner (left) and Reese (right) battled hard for rebound all gameGettyReese was called out for flopping after Griner’s arm hit her neckGettyView Tweet: https://t.co/ukVqIzJN1j“Hard foul. Wouldn’t say flagrant. Think there was a slight flop. The game is the game,” a fourth commented.Unfortunately for Griner, she will face punishment from the league over the flagrant foul.Under the 2026 CBA, a Flagrant 1 results in a $500 fine for the offending player.Reese hits first three-pointer of the seasonReese notched her fifth double-double of the season, though there was also a first on the night– her first three of the season.Not only was the corner 3-pointer Reese’s sixth point of the night, it also marked the 1,000th point of her young WNBA career.“It was a big three. Angel works on her 3-point shot every day. I see her putting in the work every day, and she shot with confidence. So, congrats to Angel on her thousandth point, and that was a big three that we needed. And I feel like that helped shift the momentum,” guard Allisha Gray said postgame.Reese has impressed since joining the Dream and hit her first three-pointer of the season against the SunGettyView Tweet: https://t.co/Z6DGXlkOEAReese has received plenty of criticism over her offensive arsenal since entering the league back in 2024 alongside rival Caitlin Clark.Her shooting has been the cause of much online derision, but this season it appears she has made some progress in that department.Reese has credited Dream head coach Karl Smesko for the uptick in her shooting form, and on Tuesday, Smesko repaid the compliment.“I thought (the) crowd loved it. Team loved it. I loved it,” Smesko said.“I’ll have to watch it and break it down on film, but it looked like a really good release, like the release we’ve been working on. She’s been really open to kind of changing her shot, and it’s shown up in practice … but in the game, we haven’t had those same releases that we’ve had in practice. But today, that one looked like a good one. Right out of her hands, it looked like it was going in.”Reese has impressed since joining the Dream following a blockbuster trade from the Chicago Sky during the offseason.Against the Portland Fire recently, she notched the 900th rebound of her career in just 71 games — making her the fastest player in WNBA history to hit the milestone.She is also the quickest to reach 900 points and 900 rebounds.Reese now also leads the league in offensive rebounds per game (5.4) and ranks second in rebounds per game (11.0).The Dream are now 6-2 on the season, while the Sun have dropped to 2-9.