NBA

Atlanta Dream at New York Liberty

· Women's National Basketball Association
12-9, 4-6 Away
Final
79 - 72

14-6, 9-2 Home

Fiebich helps Liberty rally from 19-point deficit in 1st half to beat Dream 79-72

Liberty storm back to beat Dream 79-72

Breanna Stewart added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Liberty (14-6).

Fiebich's hot shooting helped rally New York from an 11-point halftime deficit. Her consecutive 3-pointers near the end of the third quarter gave the Liberty their first lead since early in the game. New York was up 60-58 early in the fourth quarter before using a 12-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game.

Kennedy Burke had five points during the burst and Nyara Sabally hit a 3-pointer that made it 70-60 with 5 minutes left.

Atlanta (12-9) was able to get within four, but could get no closer.

Allisha Gray scored 16 points to lead the Dream, who were missing All-Star Rhyne Howard because of a knee injury she suffered in Atlanta's previous game against Indiana. Brittney Griner added 10 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double with the Dream.

New York welcomed back Natasha Cloud (hip) and Isabelle Harrison (knee) who both missed the previous game with injuries.

Naz Hillmon played in her 128th straight game setting a new franchise record, passing Iziane Castro Marques' mark of 127. Hillmon had 11 points.

The Dream went up 19 points in the first half before the Liberty got within 42-31 at the break. Sabrina Ionescu missed 10 of her 11 shots in the opening 20 minutes.

The Liberty kept the pressure on and were up 55-53 heading into the fourth quarter behind Fiebich.

Regular Season Series

NY leads series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 72 - 79
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 72 - 79
4th 18.1 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Allisha Gray 72 - 79
4th 18.1 Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 1 of 1 72 - 79
4th 18.1 Allisha Gray away from play foul 72 - 78

Statistics

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24-64 FG 30-78
37.5 Field Goal % 38.5
7-25 3PT 9-28
28.0 Three Point % 32.1
17-28 FT 10-11
60.7 Free Throw % 90.9
47 Rebounds 36
10 Offensive Rebounds 8
37 Defensive Rebounds 28
18 Assists 24
3 Steals 8
8 Blocks 6
15 Turnovers 6
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 6
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 6
10 Fast Break Points 6
32 Points in Paint 38
12 Fouls 18
19 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,265 · Capacity:

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 6 W2 0.7 14
Atlanta 2.5 9 L2 0.5714286 12
Indiana 3 10 W3 0.54545456 12
Washington 4 11 L1 0.5 11
Chicago 7.5 14 L1 0.33333334 7
Connecticut 12 19 L3 0.13636364 3
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