Allisha Grey scored a game-high 23 factors and added six rebounds and 4 assists because the Atlanta Dream posted a 77-58 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.
Brionna Jones added 21 factors and 10 rebounds for Atlanta (6-3), which received for the fifth time in six video games. Nia Coffey chipped in 10 factors and 7 rebounds off the bench for the Dream, who outrebounded Indiana 44-27.
Indiana (4-5) had its two-game profitable streak snapped as celebrity Caitlin Clark missed her fifth straight recreation with a quad harm.
Natasha Howard led the Fever with 15 factors and 10 rebounds, whereas reserve Aari McDonald scored 14 factors. Kelsey Mitchell had 11 factors however shot simply 5-for-16 from the sector and missed all 5 of her 3-point makes an attempt. Indiana shot 36.2 % from the sector and 5-for-24 (20.8 %) from past the arc.
Atlanta completed at 47 % from the ground and 22.7 % (5 of twenty-two) from lengthy distance.
The Dream broke a halftime tie with a 14-4 run to start the third quarter — stamped with layups from Jones and Brittney Griner — to take a 47-37 lead.
After Mitchell’s layup pulled Indiana inside 9 within the last minute of the third, Grey’s triple and Jones’ layup prolonged Atlanta’s result in 56-42 coming into the ultimate quarter.
Howard’s consecutive baskets reduce the Fever’s deficit to 60-48 with lower than seven minutes remaining, however Coffey’s 3-pointer started a 7-0 Atlanta spurt that construct a commanding 19-point benefit on the five-minute mark.
Atlanta took a 22-19 lead into the second quarter earlier than constructing its benefit to 31-27 on layups by Grey and Jones, the latter with 4:25 left within the first half.
Indiana answered with six straight factors to take a 33-31 lead on the 1:36 mark. Grey’s putback layup with 18.1 seconds pulled Atlanta right into a 33-33 halftime tie regardless of the Dream lacking all eight of their 3-point makes an attempt earlier than the break.
Grey led all scorers with 13 first-half factors, whereas McDonald paced Indiana with 9.
–Discipline Stage Media