Overview
- Reese shared an Instagram Story of Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. dunking over Pistons center Jalen Duren from Game 1, and a repost by parody account @HaterReport on April 20 drew millions of views.
- Many fans read the choice of clip as shade toward Duren, a player Reese was linked to in 2024, though others called it routine support for her partner.
- The dunk appeared in Orlando’s 112-101 Game 1 win, where Carter scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting and Duren finished with eight.
- In Game 2, Carter added to the subplot by blocking Duren, ripping the ball away, and finishing a running dunk before smiling as he headed back on defense.
- Neither Reese nor Duren has explained any motive or past relationship, and the online back-and-forth has shifted attention to the off-court storyline as the series continues.