Dream 20-16 Liberty (Live)

1Q 01:45

20 - 16

Rebound

L. Fiebich

Defensive rebound

A. Reese misses 26' three

1Q 01:47

20-16

J. Jones makes driving layup

Assisted by M. Johannes

1Q 02:06

20-16

B. Stewart rebound

1Q 02:13

20-14

R. Howard misses driving layup

1Q 02:15

20-14

All plays

ATL

NYL

1

20

16

2

3

4

20

16

Top Performers

Points

10

Reese

ATL

Rebounds

3

Bonner

ATL

Assists

5

Canada

ATL

Threes

2

Reese

ATL

Team Stats

NYL

8-18 (44.4%)

FG%

6-16 (37.5%)

4-7 (57.1%)

3PM

2-7 (28.6%)

0-0 (%)

FTM

2-2 (100.0%)

9

Rebounds

9

7

Assists

3

1

Turnovers

2

ATL

Injuries

NYL

Allisha Gray

G

Out (Hand)

F

Satou Sabally

Out for season (Head)

Brionna Jones

F

Out for season (Leg)

2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	33	11	.750
2	Valkyries - x	32	12	.727	1.0
3	Aces - x	31	13	.705	2.0
4	Dream - x	30	14	.682	3.0
5	Mystics - x	28	16	.636	5.0
6	Fever - x	28	16	.636	5.0
7	Wings - x	27	17	.614	6.0
8	Liberty - x	26	18	.591	7.0
9	Fire - e	17	27	.386	16.0
10	Sparks - e	16	28	.364	17.0
11	Sky - e	16	28	.364	17.0
12	Mercury - e	16	28	.364	17.0
13	Tempo - e	11	33	.250	22.0
14	Sun - e	11	33	.250	22.0
15	Storm - e	8	36	.182	25.0

Game Info

October 9, 2026

ESPN2

Barclays Center

Brooklyn, New York

#5 Tiara Cruse (Head Official)

#9 Tim Greene

#27 Ryan Sassano

ATL

NYL

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20

16

2

3

4

20

16

All

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3Q

4Q

Starters	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	+/-	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Angel Reese A. Reese #5	9	10	2 (0)	2	1	1	+4	1	0	4-8	2-3	0-0	62.5
Naz Hillmon N. Hillmon #00	7	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	+8	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0.0
DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner #24	6	2	3 (0)	0	0	1	-1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	50.0
Jordin Canada J. Canada #3	9	0	1 (0)	5	0	0	+4	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Rhyne Howard R. Howard #10	9	8	1 (0)	0	0	0	+4	0	1	3-5	2-3	0-0	80.0

Bench	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	+/-	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT
Isobel Borlase I. Borlase #20	4	0	1 (0)	0	1	0	+1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Allisha Gray A. Gray #15
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough S. Walker-Kimbrough #33
Brionna Jones B. Jones #42
Sika Koné S. Koné #23
Matilde Villa M. Villa #0
Te-Hina Paopao T. Paopao #2
Madina Okot M. Okot #11
Indya Nivar I. Nivar

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	ATL	20	9 (1)	7	2	2		8-18	4-7	0-0	55.6

On court

ATL

NYL

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20

16

2

3

4

20

16

All

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2Q

3Q

4Q

Starters	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	BLK	+/-	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Leonie Fiebich L. Fiebich #13	9	0	2 (1)	0	0	-4	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0.0
Breanna Stewart B. Stewart #30	9	2	3 (0)	1	1	-4	0	0-3	0-0	2-2	25.8
Jonquel Jones J. Jones #35	9	9	2 (1)	0	1	-4	0	4-6	1-2	0-0	75.0
Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu #20	7	3	2 (0)	1	0	-8	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	50.0
Pauline Astier P. Astier #18	5	0	0 (0)	0	0	-3	1	0-0	0-0	0-0

Bench	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	+/-	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Marine Fauthoux M. Fauthoux #4	4	2	0 (0)	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	100.0
Marine Johannes M. Johannes #23	2	0	0 (0)	1	0	0	+4	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Rebecca Allen R. Allen #9
Anneli Maley A. Maley #24
Raquel Carrera R. Carrera #14
Rebekah Gardner R. Gardner #7
Madison Scott M. Scott
Han Xu H. Xu #21
Elizabeth Balogun E. Balogun #5

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	NYL	16	9 (2)	3	0	2		6-16	2-7	2-2	47.4

On court

ATL

NYL

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20

16

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16

All

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2Q

3Q

4Q

Scoring Plays

All Plays

J. Jones makes driving layup

Assisted by M. Johannes

1Q 02:06

20-16

M. Fauthoux makes driving layup

1Q 02:38

20-14

R. Howard makes 27' three

Assisted by A. Reese

1Q 03:02

20-12

A. Reese makes 23' three

Assisted by J. Canada

1Q 03:40

17-12

A. Reese makes cutting layup

Assisted by J. Canada

1Q 04:36

14-12

J. Jones makes 23' three

Assisted by S. Ionescu

1Q 04:43

12-12

R. Howard makes cutting layup

Assisted by A. Reese

1Q 04:59

12-9

B. Stewart makes free throw 2/2

1Q 05:11

10-9

B. Stewart makes free throw 1/2

1Q 05:11

10-8

A. Reese makes 3' driving bank hook shot

Assisted by J. Canada

1Q 06:10

10-7

S. Ionescu makes 24' turnaround three

1Q 06:27

8-7

J. Jones makes reverse layup

Assisted by B. Stewart

1Q 07:03

8-4

A. Reese makes 24' three

Assisted by J. Canada

1Q 07:19

8-2

D. Bonner makes 18' running pullup

1Q 08:16

5-2

R. Howard makes 28' three

Assisted by J. Canada

1Q 09:12

3-2

J. Jones makes putback layup

1Q 09:26

ATL

NYL

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20

16

2

3

4

20

16

ATL

Team Stats

NYL

8-18 (44.4%)

FG%

6-16 (37.5%)

4-7 (57.1%)

3PM

2-7 (28.6%)

0-0 (%)

FTM

2-2 (100.0%)

9

Rebounds

9

1

Offensive Rebounds

2

8

Defensive Rebounds

7

Assists

3

2

Steals

0

2

Blocks

2

1

Turnovers

2

0

Points Off Turnovers

2

Fastbreak Points

0

6

Points In Paint

8

0

Second Chance Points

4

1

Fouls

1

0

Technical Fouls

0

Flagrant Fouls

0

8

Biggest Lead

2

8

Longest Unanswered Run

5

Lead Changes

1

Ties

1

Dream look to clinch semifinals against New York

The Associated Press

Oct 8, 2026

Atlanta Dream (30-14, 15-5 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (26-18, 13-7 Eastern Conference)

New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

WNBA PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS: Dream lead series 2-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Dream look to clinch the series over the New York Liberty in game three of the WNBA playoffs semifinals. The Dream beat the Liberty 101-98 in the last matchup. Angel Reese led the Dream with 23 points, and Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 35 points.

The Liberty are 13-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York ranks third in the Eastern Conference with 20.8 assists per game led by Pauline Astier averaging 3.3.

The Dream's record in Eastern Conference games is 15-5. Atlanta is second in the WNBA with 35.6 rebounds per game led by Reese averaging 12.1.

New York averages 10.2 made 3-pointers per game, 2.1 more made shots than the 8.1 per game Atlanta allows. Atlanta averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, the same that New York allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Stewart is scoring 20.8 points per game and averaging 8.3 rebounds for the Liberty. Jonquel Jones is averaging 14.8 points and 8.7 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Jordin Canada is averaging 11.6 points, 7.3 assists and 1.9 steals for the Dream. Reese is averaging 17.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 5-5, averaging 85.1 points, 37.3 rebounds, 19.9 assists, 6.2 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.2 points per game.

Dream: 9-1, averaging 93.7 points, 34.2 rebounds, 22.2 assists, 10.1 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.3 points.

INJURIES: Liberty: Satou Sabally: out for season (head).

Dream: Brionna Jones: out for season (leg), Allisha Gray: out (hand).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

ATL

NYL

Top Performers

Team Stats

Team Stats

Injuries

2026 Standings

Game Info

Team Stats

Dream look to clinch semifinals against New York

Players Mentioned

Angel Reese

Allisha Gray

Jordin Canada

Brionna Jones

Satou Sabally

Jonquel Jones

Breanna Stewart