DiJonai Carrington responds to Angel Reese's message ahead of her Caitlin Clark face-off in Game 2

Angel Reese and DiJonai Carrington exchanged positive words on X/Twitter on Wednesday after the Connecticut Sun star became the 2024 Most Improved Player.

Following a terrific campaign, the guard/forward earned an honor that many predicted she would win before the start of the season.

Carrington shared a series of pictures of herself, as well as the graphic announcing her prize, with an interesting caption.

"click it or ticket, babes," she wrote.

Plenty of people reacted to the good news, including Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, who sent a four-word message to Carrington.

"so proud of you💋," she wrote.

Carrington replied to that with another tender message:

"thank youuu babes💗💗".

Reese could have joined Carrington as an award winner this season, but Caitlin Clark won the Rookie of the Year award unanimously after a terrific season. With the regular season over, Carrington's Sun are trying to send Clark's Fever home in the first round of the playoffs.

They play Game 2 of the best-of-three series tonight, with Carrington keen to make an impact on the game and shut down Clark to give her team a better chance to win. Otherwise, the Fever will have the chance to advance in a win-or-go-home game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

DiJonai Carrington comes clean on alleged hit against Caitlin Clark

Ahead of Game 2 of their first-round series, DiJonai Carrington set the record straight on whether she tried to hurt Caitlin Clark on purpose early in Game 1.

With the ball near the 3-point line, Clark attempted a pass that Carrington tried to stop. She deflected the ball but her hand's motion ended up hitting Clark in the eye, sending the guard to the floor.

No foul was called, which infuriated many Clark fans. Ahead of tonight's game, Carrington made it clear that she didn't even know she hit Clark like that.

"I don't even know why I would intend to hit anybody in the eye. That doesn't even make sense to me. But, no, I didn't. I didn't know I hit her actually. I was trying to make a play on the ball, and I guess I followed through and I hit her. So obviously, it's never intentional. That's not even, like, the type of player that I am."

Caitlin Clark shared the same feeling, saying that DiJonai Carrington didn't mean any harm with that play. Now, the Sun will try to finish the job while the Fever are ready to extend this series.