The New York Liberty without Breanna Stewart due to knee soreness hosted the Atlanta Dream for the second time in three days for their final game of the regular season last night. The New York Liberty would win the opening quarter 19-18. Then they would completely go silent in the second quarter being held to their lowest point total in any quarter this season scoring just 7 points and allowing the Dream to score 23 points which allowed them to build a 15 point lead heading into the halftime break with a score of 41-26. The 26 points was the lowest number of points they had scored in any half during the season. In the third quarter the Liberty would outscore the Dream 18-17, and be trailing 58-44 headed into the 4th quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Liberty would try to inch closer but every time the Liberty would go on a run, the Dream would make a timely basket and stop the run, the Dream would end up outscoring the Liberty 25-21 in the quarter and would come away with an 83-65 victory. In the win, the Dream had three players score in double-figures and two players who contributed just under 10 points, led by Allisha Gray who had 24 points on 8-17 from the field, 4-7 from three, and 4-4 from the free throw line, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, picked up 3 steals, and a block, Naz Hillmon had 16 points on 6-13 from the field, 2-8 from three, 2-3 from the free throw line, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and picked up a steal, Jordin Canada had 12 points on 4-11 from the field, 2-5 from three, and 2-2 from the free throw line, grabbed 2 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, and picked up a steal, Dewanna Bonner had 9 points on 2-7 from the field, 2-4 from three, and 3-4 from the free throw line, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and picked up a steal, Rhyne Howard had 8 points on 4-12 from the field, 0-5 from three, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 6 assists, and picked up 2 steals. In the loss, the Liberty had three players score in double-figures, led by Marine Fauthoux who had 14 points on 3-6 from the field, 0-3 from three, and 8-9 from the free throw line, grabbed 3 rebounds, and dished out 4 assists, Han Xu had 11 points on 4-11 from the field, 0-4 from three, and 3-3 from the free throw line, grabbed 2 rebounds, and picked up a block, Jonquel Jones had 10 points on 3-7 from the field, 1-4 from three, and 3-4 from the free throw line, grabbed 14 rebounds, dished out an assists, and picked up a block. The Atlanta Dream improved to 30-14 on the season while the New York Liberty fell to 26-18.
Next up:
The New York Liberty visit the Minnesota Lynx for game 1 in the first round of the WNBA playoffs on Sunday at 2 PM EST broadcast on ABC.
The Atlanta Dream host the Washington Mystics for game 1 in the first round of the WNBA playoffs on Sunday at 7 PM EST broadcast on Prime Video.
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