NBA

Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association
Atlanta Dream
4-2, 2-1 Away
Final
78 - 72

Washington Mystics
5-2, 4-0 Home

Delle Donne has 23 and 15, Mystics top Dream 78-72

Following a Washington turnover at midcourt after a timeout, Atlanta took its only lead at 72-71 on Layshia Clarendon's feed to Sancho Lyttle with 43.7 seconds left. Delle Donne answered with a ball fake on Lyttle that lead to three free throws with 34.5 seconds to go. Delle Donne grabbed a defense rebound and added two more free throws to make it 76-71 with 11.9 to play. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough closed it out from the line with 4.1 left.

Washington (5-2) won its fourth straight to take the Eastern Conference lead. The Mystics shot 57 percent, to take a 41-32 lead at the half.

The Mystics pushed the lead to 18 in the third quarter. The Dream (4-2) rallied behind Tiffany Hayes, who had 24 points.

Washington was 1 of 15 on 3-pointers,

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Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 72 - 78
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 72 - 78
4th 4.0 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 2 of 2 72 - 78
4th 4.0 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 1 of 2 72 - 77
4th 4.0 Layshia Clarendon personal take foul (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough draws the foul) 72 - 76

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/atl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originATL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH
28-79 FG 23-63
35 Field Goal % 37
1-15 3PT 6-20
7 Three Point % 30
15-22 FT 26-31
68 Free Throw % 84
39 Rebounds 46
12 Offensive Rebounds 7
27 Defensive Rebounds 39
16 Assists 16
4 Steals 1
1 Blocks 2
3 Turnovers 14
0 Team Turnovers 1
3 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
15 Fast Break Points 12
36 Points in Paint 28
22 Fouls 17
1 Largest Lead 18

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 5,320 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 12 W4 0.6571429 23
Atlanta 1.5 13 L1 0.61764705 21
New York 1.5 14 W2 0.6111111 22
Washington 2.5 14 W1 0.5882353 20
Chicago 10 22 W1 0.37142858 13
Toronto 12 23 L10 0.3030303 10
Connecticut 14 25 L2 0.24242425 8
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