Dallas Wings at Washington Mystics

· FIRST ROUND

Dallas Wings

16-18, 6-11 Away

Final
86 - 76

Washington Mystics

18-16, 11-6 Home

Delle Donne's 25 points, 11 rebounds lead Mystics by Wings

Wings vs. Mystics - Live (Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics drives to the basket ) [600x400]

Washington opened the second half on a 21-7 spurt, with eight points by Delle Donne, to take a 55-41 lead. But Dallas went on a 9-0 run in the fourth, capped by Skylar Diggins-Smith's fast-break layup, to pull to 71-67 with 3:13 left.

Washington's Tierra Ruffin-Pratt missed two free throws with 43.2 seconds left, but Krystal Thomas hustled to the offensive rebound. Delle Donne was fouled and put the Mystics ahead by six at the 38.7 mark. The Mystics went 7 of 8 from the line the rest of the way to seal it.

Thomas added a franchise playoff record 17 rebounds for Washington (19-16), which had lost both its home games this season to Dallas. The Mystics await the outcome of the Seattle-Phoenix game later Wednesday night to learn their next opponent.

Aerial Powers scored 21 points for Dallas (16-19) before being ejected with 1:11 to play by picking up a second technical foul. Glory Johnson added 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Diggins-Smith was held to 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting.

Powers capped Dallas' 13-0 run to close the first half with a steal and fast-break layup to tie it at 34.

Regular Season Series

DAL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	76 - 86
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	76 - 86
4th 0.0	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt defensive rebound	76 - 86
4th 1.0	Allisha Gray misses 23-foot three point jumper	76 - 86
4th 9.0	Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2	76 - 86

Statistics

DAL		WSH
27-80	FG	31-78
34	Field Goal %	40
2-21	3PT	6-18
10	Three Point %	33
20-23	FT	18-25
87	Free Throw %	72
42	Rebounds	52
13	Offensive Rebounds	20
29	Defensive Rebounds	32
15	Assists	14
6	Steals	3
6	Blocks	8
6	Turnovers	10
1	Team Turnovers	0
7	Total Turnovers	10
2	Technical Fouls	1
2	Total Technical Fouls	1
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
12	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	13
23	Fast Break Points	2
36	Points in Paint	28
21	Fouls	22
2	Largest Lead	14

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 6,483 · 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	14	20	W1	0.4117647	14
Phoenix	15.5	22	W1	0.37142858	13
Los Angeles	16	22	L4	0.3529412	12
Seattle	22	29	L1	0.19444445	7

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	-	12	W3	0.64705884	22
Atlanta	0.5	12	W2	0.6363636	21
New York	1	14	W2	0.6111111	22
Washington	2	14	W1	0.5882353	20
Chicago	10	22	L3	0.3529412	12
Toronto	11.5	23	L10	0.3030303	10
Connecticut	13.5	25	L2	0.24242425	8

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