Rhine Howard scored 22 points and Alisha Gray pairs 19 because Atlanta Dream dropped six 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter and pulled away the Chicago Akash for 93-80 domestic victory on Chicago Akash on Sunday at College Park, GA.
Gray and Te-Hina Popo (16 points) each erased five 3 s, while Howard added four and Naz Hilman (12 points) added two for Dream (10-4), who attempted 33 shots from distance N route, which for the winning sixth consecutive house.
Ariel Atkins of Chicago scored a game-hai 29 points and Angel Reese recorded a season-high 19 rebounds to go with 10 points.
Although Chicago (3–10) Phoenix was much more competitive than Saturday’s 107–8 losses, Akash was dropped from 24–11 in the fourth quarter to lose for the sixth time in seven matches in the fourth quarter.
The score was tied at 69 after three quarters and Chicago scored the first four points of the fourth two atkins free throw and Elizabeth Williams (16 points) on a basket. However, Gray, Popo and Howard each hit a 3 during the 9–0 growth of the dream. Then after Atkins’ successful jumper, the Popo and Hillman knocked the 3-pointer that Atlanta was kept above 84–75, with 4:35 survived with regulation.
Atlanta went to 9–17 from the 3 -point range in the first half, with gray and popao going to a joint 7 -9 -9 from distance through the first two quarters. The dream was led as nine in the first half, but the visitors shot 57.1 percent through the first 20 minutes and led 45–44 via Atkins through six consecutive points, two Williams and four.
However, just before the brake, Hillman’s reverse paste gave the dream a point of one point in Haftime.
Things remained tight in the third quarter, where Akash led 55–52, which was the remaining in a period of 6:21 with Atkins’ 3-pointer.
Broni Jones posted a double-dobbal with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the hosts.
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