NBA

Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream

· Women's National Basketball Association
3-10, 2-6 Away
Final
93 - 80

10-4, 6-1 Home

Rhyne Howard scores 22, Allisha Gray adds 19 to help Dream beat Sky 93-80

Rhyne Howard scores a bucket for Dream

Rookie Te-Hina Paopao hit a career-high five 3-pointers and tied her season high with 16 points for Atlanta and Naz Hillmon scored 12.

Angel Reese had 10 points, 19 rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Sky, a day after finishing with nine points and a career-low two rebounds in a 107-86 loss to Phoenix. Ariel Atkins scored a season-high 29 points and Elizabeth Williams added a season-best 16.

Atlanta (10-4) has won five of six and nine of 11.

The Dream hit five 3s — two by Paopao and one apiece by Gray, Howard and Hillmon — in a four-minute span to take an 84-75 lead with 4:35 left in the game. Howard made a wide-open corner 3 with 1:09 left and Jordin Canada hit two free throws with 41 seconds left to make it 91-80.

Each team shot 42% from the field but the Dream hit 16 of 33 (49%) from 3-point range while Chicago made 4 of 15 from behind the arc.

Chicago (3-10) has lost three consecutive games and six of seven.

Up next The Dream play at Dallas and the Sky host Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

ATL wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 80 - 93
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 80 - 93
4th 9.1 Brionna Jones defensive rebound 80 - 93
4th 12.1 Angel Reese misses driving layup 80 - 93
4th 17.0 Sky timeout 80 - 93

Statistics

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27-64 FG 28-66
42 Field Goal % 42
4-15 3PT 16-33
27 Three Point % 48
22-24 FT 21-30
92 Free Throw % 70
38 Rebounds 36
7 Offensive Rebounds 7
31 Defensive Rebounds 29
19 Assists 21
7 Steals 7
5 Blocks 6
9 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 7
7 Fast Break Points 9
26 Points in Paint 20
20 Fouls 15
4 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Venue: Gateway Center

Location: College Park, GA
Attendance: 3,283 · Capacity:

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W6 0.6818182 30
New York 3 17 W3 0.6136364 27
Indiana 6 20 W3 0.54545456 24
Washington 14 28 L10 0.36363637 16
Connecticut 19 33 L2 0.25 11
Chicago 20 34 L4 0.22727273 10
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