NBA

New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
New York Liberty
0-3, 0-2 Away
Final
84 - 78

Atlanta Dream
2-1, 2-0 Home

Laney nets 30, Dream beats Liberty 84-78; Ionescu injured

Rookie Chennedy Carter added 17 points and Monique Billings had eight points and 15 rebounds for Atlanta.

Rookie Jazmine Jones scored a season-high 20 points to lead New York and Clarendon scored 16. Ionescu, the No. 1 pick in April's draft, left in the second quarter due to an ankle injury and did not return. She had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in 12 minutes.

Laney made a pull-up jumper to pull Atlanta within two at halftime and then the Dream scored the first 13 second-half points to make it 54-43 midway through the third quarter.

Regular Season Series

ATL wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 78 - 84
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 78 - 84
4th 0.0 New York offensive team rebound 78 - 84
4th 0.0 Kylee Shook misses two point shot 78 - 84
4th 0.0 Kylee Shook offensive rebound 78 - 84

Statistics

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28-72 FG 28-75
39 Field Goal % 37
7-29 3PT 3-10
24 Three Point % 30
15-17 FT 25-31
88 Free Throw % 81
33 Rebounds 43
8 Offensive Rebounds 17
25 Defensive Rebounds 26
13 Assists 11
8 Steals 8
11 Blocks 2
15 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
6 Fast Break Points 2
34 Points in Paint 32
23 Fouls 20
4 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Venue: IMG Academy

Location: Bradenton, FL
Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 9 W2 0.6086956 14
Atlanta 0.5 10 W1 0.5833333 14
Washington 1.5 10 W2 0.54545456 12
New York 1.5 11 L3 0.5416667 13
Toronto 4.5 14 L1 0.41666666 10
Chicago 6.5 16 W1 0.33333334 8
Connecticut 8.5 18 W1 0.25 6
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