Angel Reese scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Thursday, leading the Atlanta Dream to a 108-101 victory over the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis.
Jordin Canada added 18 points while Naz Hillmon and Allisha Gray each scored 17 points for the Dream (10-4), who won their fourth game in five tries. Rhyne Howard chipped in 16 points and six assists for Atlanta, which eclipsed the 100-point mark for the second straight contest.
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each led Indiana (9-6) with 26 points, and Aliyah Boston contributed 23 points and eight rebounds. Sophie Cunningham scored 12 off the bench for the Fever, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Atlanta took the first double-digit lead of the game in the opening minute of the second half as Gray’s three-point play made it 61-51.
Five minutes later, Reese’s layup extended the margin to 13 before Indiana cut its deficit to 87-78 entering the final quarter.
After Hillmon’s trey gave the Dream a 93-84 lead, Mitchell scored seven straight to begin a 9-0 Indiana run, tying the game at 93 apiece with 5:08 remaining.
Reese and Mitchell then traded baskets before Gray’s four straight points gave the Dream a 99-95 lead with 2:09 left. Makayla Timpson’s free throws cut Atlanta’s lead in half, but Howard’s back-to-back baskets extended the margin to six with 48.2 seconds remaining.
Reese’s three-point play put the Dream ahead 106-99 with 23.1 seconds left, icing the outcome.
Indiana matched its largest lead of the first quarter when Mitchell’s jumper gave the Fever a 26-21 edge. Following a three-point play by Reese, Mitchell closed the first with a triple to give Indiana a 29-24 edge after 10 minutes.
There, the Dream began the second on a 10-2 run, taking a 34-31 advantage on Hillmon’s 3-pointer.
After Cunningham’s layup gave the Fever a 38-37 lead, Isobel Borlase’s layup and Gray’s triple put the Dream ahead by four with 5:12 remaining in the first half.
Gray’s back-to-back layups and Borlase’s three-point play accounted for a 7-0 Atlanta run to give the Dream a nine-point lead.
Led by 10 first-half points apiece from Gray and Howard, the Dream held a 58-49 halftime lead. Clark’s 17 paced the Fever before the break.
–Field Level Media
