New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream
· Women's National Basketball AssociationGray scores 19, Jones 17 and Dream cruise past short-handed Liberty 78-62
The Dream started the day with a one-game lead over the Liberty for the second seed in the playoffs and never gave the defending WNBA champions a chance to pull even.
Atlanta took charge early, opening a 12-4 lead and making it 24-14 after one quarter. The lead reached 26 late in the third quarter before New York went on a 15-0 run, but the Liberty got no closer than 11.
Naz Hillmon had 11 points for Atlanta (24-13), which has won 9 of 11 games and tied the season series at 2-2, the home team winning each time.
Kennedy Burke scored 13 points for New York (22-15), which had only eight players available. Breanna Stewart is still out with a bruised knee and Sabrina Ionescu, who missed the game with a foot issue, is day to day. Jonquel Jones added 11 points and Emma Meesseman had 10.
Atlanta won the rebounding advantage by nine and had 21 second-chance points, compared to 7 for New York. The Dream also turned 13 Liberty turnovers into 18 points. Atlanta had just five giveaways.
Regular Season Series
Series tied 2-2
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 62 - 78 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 62 - 78 |
| 4th 16.1 |  |
Kennedy Burke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists) | 62 - 78 |
| 4th 17.6 | |
Rebekah Gardner offensive rebound | 59 - 78 |
| 4th 20.9 | |
Marine Johannes misses driving floating jump shot | 59 - 78 |
Statistics
 NY |
 ATL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-58 | FG | 30-76 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 6-22 | 3PT | 10-38 |
| 27 | Three Point % | 26 |
| 8-10 | FT | 8-12 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 4 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 18 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 3 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 3 |
| 34 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 26 |
Game Information
Location: College Park, GA
Attendance: 3,305 · 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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