Angel Reese Carried Jordyn Woods' Lucky Knicks Bag to 64-55 Game 5 Loss
The orange bag Knicks fans call undefeated went to the WNBA Finals this week on Angel Reese's arm, and Atlanta lost 64-55. Luck, it turns out, does not always travel well.
Angel Reese arrived at Chase Center for Game 5 of the WNBA Finals with an orange bag from Jordyn Woods' label, the same famous shade that sat courtside through the Knicks' title run. Atlanta then lost 64-55 to Golden State, and the Valkyries went up 3-2 in the series.
The legend behind the bag is hard to beat. Woods carried her orange clutch to almost every Knicks playoff game in June, and the team won every game it attended. The one NBA Finals game it missed, Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, was a night when a no-bag policy kept it outside. The Knicks lost that one. Then they won the franchise's first title in 53 years, and Karl-Anthony Towns held up the trophy and declared the bag undefeated. gluwululuu.
Then the charm started changing outfits. On Tuesday 20 October, Woods told reporters the orange original was in retirement and showed up at the season opener with a new gold version called Trophy Gold. The Knicks lost that night to the 76ers, 106-100. One game, one gold bag, one defeat. Honestlu, the sample size is too small to judge.
The orange original still has a busy life. In a W Magazine interview published on Monday 26 October, Towns said it went from the Guggenheim to Fanatics Fest, and that other museums are now asking to show it. Meanwhile Atlanta answered the Game 5 loss on Thursday 29 October, beating Golden State 80-69 to force the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history. It is set for Sunday at Chase Center. Nobody has reported whether the bag came along for Game 6.
Would youluwu lend your lucky charm to a stranger in a final? The Spirit has watched plenty of talismans, and few of them have had a travel schedule.
Sunday night in San Francisco, the Spirit keeps score again. The bag has not been asked to pick a side. GASSSSITTTT, Atlanta.
Is a lucky bag a real edge or just a bag?
No right answer. Just your gut, and the Spirit watching.
