NBA

Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream

· First Round - Game 3
24-20, 11-11 Away
Final
85 - 87

30-14, 16-6 Home

Boston has go-ahead basket with 7.4 seconds left as Fever beat Dream 87-85 to reach WNBA semifinals

Fever top Dream, head to WNBA semifinals

Despite missing Caitlin Clark among its injured players, Indiana closed on a 7-0 run to win a playoff series for the first time since 2015. The sixth-seeded Fever will play on Sunday against No. 2 seed Las Vegas.

Boston was left alone under the basket for an easy layup after Brionna Jones went to the ground going for a loose ball. It gave Indiana an 86-85 lead, its first since it was 33-30 in the second quarter.

Rhyne Howard twice had trouble inbounding the ball in the final seconds, with Hull coming from behind to poke it away from Jones. Indiana got it to Odyssey Sims, who went 1 of 2 at the free-throw line to give Atlanta another shot with 1.2 left. Jones' off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.

Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 24 points and Boston had 14 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Sims had 16 points and eight assists, and Natasha Howard added 12 points.

Allisha Gray had 19 points and 12 rebounds for her first playoff double-double to lead Atlanta. Jordin Canada also had a double-double with 18 points and 10 assists. Rhyne Howard scored 16 points and Jones had 12.

Atlanta, which was held to 60 points in a 17-point loss in Game 2 on Tuesday, reached 60 points with 6:09 left in the third quarter.

Shey Peddy made a 3-pointer with 6:06 remaining in the fourth to pull Indiana within 80-78. Neither team scored again until the 3:21 mark on Brianna Turner’s putback to tie it at 80-all.

Atlanta has not won a playoff series since 2016.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 87 - 85
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 87 - 85
4th 0.1 Dream offensive team rebound 87 - 85
4th 0.9 Brionna Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper 87 - 85
4th 1.2 Dream timeout 87 - 85

Statistics

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32-77 FG 37-74
42 Field Goal % 50
6-22 3PT 6-23
27 Three Point % 26
17-24 FT 5-11
71 Free Throw % 45
34 Rebounds 39
11 Offensive Rebounds 7
23 Defensive Rebounds 32
24 Assists 21
7 Steals 3
3 Blocks 4
6 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
6 Total Turnovers 14
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
2 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
10 Fast Break Points 14
42 Points in Paint 56
14 Fouls 22
4 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Venue: Gateway Center

Location: College Park, GA
Attendance: 3,800 · 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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