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Dream to avenge mystics to avenge the season-opening necklace

May 16, 2025; Washington, Columbia District, USA; The Atlanta Dream Forward Brione Jones (24) drives for the basket as the Washington mystics guard Brittany Cyx (20) defended in the first half in Carefield. Compulsory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imgon Picture

Atlanta Dream on Sunday saw to run the line of winning in three matches, when he visit Washington Mistics for a Commissioner Cup matchup in Washington, DC

Washington (4-6) opened the season with a 94–90 win over Atlanta. The mysticists have since ended the two different three-games losing skids, the most recently ended with a 104–67 win over Connecticut Sun last Sunday.

The win was Washington’s first in the three commissioner cups outing.

Atlanta (7-3), meanwhile, rebound with a loss in its first Commissioner Cup game-84-76-order in connecticut on 6 June with 77–58 on Tuesday and Friday and 88–70 routes of Indiana and Chicago.

On 19 attempts, Rhine Howard’s career-high nine 3-pointers conducted his 36 points attempts in the victory over The Sky on Friday. This was his second 30-point attempt in four matches, and a significant bounce after scoring only three points on 1 -8 shooting from the floor on Tuesday.

“He is clearly a special player,” Atlanta coach Carl Smaceco said about Howard. “His game in Seattle (30 May when Howard scored 33 points with six rebounds and five assistance) was incredible, so he is able to have such nights. It is a matter of looking at his opportunities.

“The more aggressive he is looking for opportunities, it opens a lot of things for everyone.”

Howard’s two personal blasts inspired the dream in two of their five matches with 88-plus points this season. Atlanta’s 84.2 points per game rank in WNBA is third.

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The Washington ranks at the bottom half of the WNBA, which allows 79.4 points per game, but the 67 points allowed the sun to allow Suraj that there was a magic of three direct sports allowing at least 85.

Washington took advantage of his defensive effort to create scoring opportunities, Sydney Johnson, the coach of Mistics. Johnson credited the team to stop for the occasion of the 2025 team to lead to the opportunity of infection.

“Perhaps it will not always look so innocent, but the improvement is something they have embraced and the rapid break seemed a bit better,” Johnson said.

Britney Cyx leads mysticists with 20.6 points per game. His 28 points against Surya marked her seventh game with 20-plus points in nine demonstrations including 22 in the opener against Atlanta.

-Bield level media

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