NBA

Washington Mystics at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
Washington Mystics
13-9, 5-4 Away
Final
80 - 77

Atlanta Dream
12-9, 7-3 Home

Sykes' scores 12 in 4th quarter, Dream beat Mystics 80-77

The Dream (12-9) led 74-64 on Sykes' free throws with 5:26 left before the Mystics (13-9) went on an 11-2 run to pull within one. Washington had a chance to go ahead in the final seconds after Monique Currie's defensive rebound with 13.9 seconds left, but Kristi Toliver missed an 18-foot jumper and Angel McCoughtry grabbed the rebound.

McCoughtry sank her pair of free throws with 5.8 seconds left and Tiffany Hayes made two more with 3.0 seconds left to help Atlanta hold on.

Washington opened the game with a 16-2 lead, but Atlanta erased the deficit at 34-all before the end of the second quarter.

Hayes added 13 points for the Dream.

Elena Delle Donne had 23 points and 11 rebounds and LaToya Sanders scored 16 for Washington.

Regular Season Series

ATL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 77 - 80
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 77 - 80
4th 0.0 Washington offensive team rebound 77 - 80
4th 0.0 Natasha Cloud misses 38-foot three point pullup jump shot 77 - 80
4th 3.0 enters the game for Renee Montgomery 77 - 80

Statistics

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28-70 FG 26-73
40 Field Goal % 36
6-22 3PT 4-17
27 Three Point % 24
15-18 FT 24-28
83 Free Throw % 86
38 Rebounds 42
8 Offensive Rebounds 15
30 Defensive Rebounds 27
19 Assists 15
3 Steals 2
4 Blocks 4
7 Turnovers 8
4 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 6
4 Fast Break Points 7
18 Points in Paint 28
25 Fouls 17
14 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

McCamish Pavilion

Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 3,880 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 12 W2 0.6363636 21
Atlanta 0.5 12 W1 0.625 20
Washington 1.5 13 L1 0.59375 19
New York 1.5 14 L1 0.5882353 20
Chicago 9.5 22 L3 0.3529412 12
Toronto 11 23 L10 0.3030303 10
Connecticut 12 23 W1 0.2580645 8
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