Seattle Storm at Atlanta Dream
· Women's National Basketball AssociationRhyne Howard scores 30, Tina Charles hits winning shot as Dream beat Storm 83-81
Charles finished with 16 points and Jordin Canada scored 10 points — all in the fourth quarter — to go with eight assists and three steals for Atlanta (8-17) in the first game back for both teams following a monthlong break due to the Paris Olympics.
Seattle entered the fourth quarter with a 60-55 lead, but Atlanta went on a 12-5 run to go ahead 67-65 with 5:37 to play. The Dream maintained a lead until Jewell Loyd hit a contested fall-away 3-pointer in front of the Seattle bench to make it 81-all with 4.6 seconds left. Loyd's tying shot came after she chased down a miss from Skylar Diggins-Smith.
The Dream called timeout to move the ball into the frontcourt and Charles caught the inbounds pass on the left block, faced the basket and pulled up for a short jumper to give Atlanta the win.
Diggins-Smith led the Storm (17-9) with a season-high 29 points and Loyd scored 21. Nneka Ogwumike added 16 points on 7 of 10 shooting.
Seattle led 41-29 at halftime and by as many as 14 points in the second half before Atlanta mounted its comeback.
Howard made three 3-pointers in a 63-second span to trim the Dream’s deficit to 49-44 with 5:20 left in the third quarter. Howard made 5 of 6 from the field and scored 14 points in the third quarter as the Dream cut the Storm's advantage to 60-55 entering the fourth.
Atlanta took a 64-63 lead, its first since the first quarter, with 6:24 to play.
Seattle has committed 15 or fewer turnovers in 19 consecutive games, the fourth-longest streak of its kind in WNBA history.
Regular Season Series
SEA wins series 2-1
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 81 - 83 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 81 - 83 | |
4th 1.1 | Tina Charles makes jumper (Jordin Canada assists) | 81 - 83 | |
4th 4.1 | Dream timeout | 81 - 81 | |
4th 4.1 | Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot three point shot | 81 - 81 |
Statistics
SEA | ATL | |
---|---|---|
32-70 | FG | 30-63 |
45.7 | Field Goal % | 47.6 |
6-22 | 3PT | 6-17 |
27.3 | Three Point % | 35.3 |
11-12 | FT | 17-23 |
91.7 | Free Throw % | 73.9 |
27 | Rebounds | 37 |
6 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
21 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
14 | Assists | 13 |
10 | Steals | 9 |
2 | Blocks | 4 |
14 | Turnovers | 19 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
14 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
14 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 28 |
10 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
44 | Points in Paint | 40 |
18 | Fouls | 15 |
14 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: College Park, GA
Attendance: 3,260 · Capacity:
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 8 | L1 | 0.8 | 32 |
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | W1 | 0.7 | 28 |
Indiana | 12 | 20 | L1 | 0.5 | 20 |
Atlanta | 17 | 25 | W3 | 0.375 | 15 |
Washington | 18 | 26 | W1 | 0.35 | 14 |
Chicago | 19 | 27 | L5 | 0.325 | 13 |
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