Gabby Williams Falls Prey to “Dirty” Turkish Tactics as She Claps Back in Her Own Style

When Angel Reese asked Gabbie Williams to join the Chicago Sky, she was clear that she wouldn’t join one of her former organizations since they “did me dirty girl.” Williams is known for her unforgettable attitude. If you hurt her, the French star is sure to have her way in the end. And now playing in the EuroBasket, Williams demonstrated a similar spirit when Fenerbahce clashed against CBK Mersin on Saturday.

“I am happy how hard they played. They wanted to play dirty so that motivated me play really hard! And I think that helped us to keep going,” Williams expressed after the game was over. Going into the matchup, Fenerbahce was placed at the top of the league rankings and had a 7 game winning streak. But as the game commenced it looked as if their winning spree was to come to an end.

CBK Mersin played extremely hard in the first quarter, scoring 24 points as opposed to Williams & Co.’s 26. Thus, it looked like this one was going to be a close contest. However, the competitive gameplay motivated Williams which she also labeled as “dirty” in the interview. Williams helped her team maintain a lead in the game thereafter as the second quarter closed on 22 points as compared to the Mersojn’s 14.

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In the next half, Fenerbahce hit 34 points whereas CBK Mersin could only score 31. Ultimately, the game ended in Fenerbahce’s favor as they scored 82 points whereas the Mersin could only account for 69. Thus, Fenerbahce won their eighth straight game in the contest and the chief architect behind their win was Williams.

The Seattle Storm star played for 32 minutes in the game, hitting 23 points with 8-14 field goals. Other than being the top scorer of the game, she also had 9 rebounds and an efficiency score of 27. During her time on the court, her team had an impact of +20. All this speaks volumes about the French star who had signed with Storm this year. Meanwhile, she had shown her undaunting spirit in the WNBA previously.

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Gabbie Williams ended the W season with amazing numbersWilliams had played in the W before but got into notice during the Paris Olympics. In the gold medal game against Team USA, she hit 19 points, 5 of which came in the final few seconds that almost snatched USA’s gold medal. While the red and blue were able to win ultimately with a narrow 67-66 margin, Williams instantly caught the eyes of W teams as the Storm signed her on a rest-of-season contract.

Her best performances in the W this season came against the LA Sparks when she scored 17, and 22 points against them in October. Going into the WNBA playoffs, Williams was the top scorer for her team during Game 2, when she hit 20 points with 5 rebounds. Even in Game 1, she scored 14 points and collected 8 boards, thus making her presence felt. Though the Storm were eliminated from the playoffs after RFound 1, nonetheless, Williams’ performances will forever be etched in the memories of other fans.

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Overall, in this season, she averaged 10.3 points per game, and it remains to be seen if she will play in the W next season, and renew her contract or get into trade deals once again. Whatever she does, it sure that teams would be hoping to bag her after this performance.