NBA

New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
New York Liberty
7-7, 2-4 Away
Final
81 - 72

Atlanta Dream
6-7, 3-3 Home

Sykes, Clarendon help Dream hold off Liberty, 81-72

Tiffany Hayes and Bria Holmes scored 11 points apiece for Atlanta (6-7).

Kia Vaughn's basket gave New York (7-7) a 2-0 lead but Atlanta answered with an 8-0 run and never again trailed. Damiris Dantas hit a 3-pointer to cap a 19-5 run and give the Dream a 27-13 lead late in the first quarter and a jumper by Sancho Lyttle made it 40-20 midway through the second. Sugar Rogers scored all of her 11 points, including three 3s, in the fourth quarter and the Liberty twice trimmed the deficit to six points in the closing minutes, but would get no closer.

Tina Charles scored 21 points to lead New York, which has lost four of five.

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Regular Season Series

NY wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 72 - 81
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 72 - 81
4th 8.0 Sancho Lyttle defensive rebound 72 - 81
4th 10.0 Kia Vaughn misses 3-foot hook shot 72 - 81
4th 18.0 Elizabeth Williams enters the game for Layshia Clarendon 72 - 81

Statistics

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29-72 FG 30-72
40 Field Goal % 42
6-20 3PT 4-9
30 Three Point % 44
8-13 FT 17-20
62 Free Throw % 85
37 Rebounds 39
7 Offensive Rebounds 10
30 Defensive Rebounds 29
23 Assists 17
5 Steals 9
10 Blocks 4
13 Turnovers 10
2 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
8 Fast Break Points 15
28 Points in Paint 36
18 Fouls 17
2 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

McCamish Pavilion

Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 3,521 · 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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