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Dallas Wings at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
Dallas Wings
9-10, 4-5 Away
Final
98 - 78

Atlanta Dream
8-8, 5-3 Home

Sykes hits 4 3s, scores 18 as Dream beats Wings 98-78

Sykes was one short of her career-high and the rookie had eight rebounds. Tiffany Hayes led the team with 19 points, Layshia Clarendon had 16 and eight assists and Elizabeth Williams had 13 points, four steals and five blocks.

Atlanta (8-8) scored the first nine points of the second half to open a 62-51 lead when Sykes hit her first 3. Sykes hit 3-pointers to ignite and cap an 11-0 run that gave Atlanta a 75-56 advantage with 1:58 left in the third quarter and the Wings trailed by at least 12 the rest of the way.

Skylar Diggins-Smith had 22 points, Allisha Gray scored 15 and Glory Johnson added 10 points and 13 rebounds for Dallas (9-10).

The Wings beat Atlanta 94-84 on Wednesday.

Atlanta had just five turnovers and forced 17 by Dallas.

The Wings had 26 of their 29 free-throw attempts in the first half and went into the break trailing 53-51.

Regular Season Series

DAL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 78 - 98
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 78 - 98
4th 18.0 Matee Ajavon makes free throw 2 of 2 78 - 98
4th 18.0 Matee Ajavon makes free throw 1 of 2 78 - 97
4th 18.0 Kayla Thornton personal foul (Matee Ajavon draws the foul) 78 - 96

Statistics

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25-77 FG 35-76
32 Field Goal % 46
7-23 3PT 5-8
30 Three Point % 63
21-29 FT 23-28
72 Free Throw % 82
44 Rebounds 34
16 Offensive Rebounds 7
28 Defensive Rebounds 27
16 Assists 22
4 Steals 10
5 Blocks 10
17 Turnovers 5
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 5
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 6
11 Fast Break Points 17
30 Points in Paint 42
23 Fouls 23
4 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

McCamish Pavilion

Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 4,019 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 7 W4 0.8055556 29
Golden State 3.5 9 W5 0.72727275 24
Las Vegas 5 12 L1 0.6666667 24
Dallas 8.5 15 L1 0.5714286 20
Portland 13.5 20 W2 0.42857143 15
Phoenix 16 23 L1 0.3611111 13
Los Angeles 16 22 L4 0.3529412 12
Seattle 22.5 30 L2 0.1891892 7

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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