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Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis has left the building! The Atlanta Dream snap the losing skid against the Aces, and rightfully doing so in dominant fashion.

JC brought immediate impact on both sides of the court

Madina Okot was productive off the bench

Naz with some big stops

But more importantly it was the play of Rhyne Howard, Angel Reese, and Allisha Gray.

While Howard struggled to shoot the ball, she did the little things on defense and made some big baskets late.

What a bounce back from Angel after all of the ridiculous trolling she received after botching several layups on Sunday. She goes for 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists. And played amazing defense against the GOAT Aja Wilson.

And then Lish was classic Lish

It always feels so good to beat the Evil Empire!!!

Here’s the deal

Atlanta Dream clinch a playoff berth this weekend with the following scenarios

Beat LA Thursday and Phoenix Saturday, AND Portland loses Friday to Toronto

We can clinch on Monday IF

WE Win all 3 of the remaining road games on this road trip.

Either of these scenarios will clinch a playoff berth

Last night, fans, players, and media got to enjoy a great game celebrating Lish’s night with her giggles before the game, and from there the basketball took care of itself. The Atlanta Dream led by as many as 25 points in a double-digit win over Toronto.

Angel Reese with 20 points on 7-14 shooting, 1-3 from 3, 5-6 from the foul line, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. With her performance, she grabs the franchise-record of 22 double-doubles on the season-which the WNBA single-season mark is set by Alyssa Thomas with 28 back in 2023 with the Connecticut Sun. When Erika de Souza was traded to Chicago in 2015 (The Sylvia Fowles 3-team deal), she ended her tenure on the Atlanta Dream with a franchise best of 68 double-doubles. During that span, she had played off the top of my head 211 games with the franchise.

Angel Reese already has 22 in just 32 games with the Dream! She only needs 47 more to set the franchise mark. Reese is on pace to set the new franchise mark in over 100 fewer games and 4 and a half fewer years with the team!! Incredible bounceback after the 1-12 shooting night in Washington Friday night.

Rhyne Howard with 22 points on 7-15 shooting, 6-11 from deep, 2-4 from the foul line, 4 rebounds, 1 block, and 7 assists. Rhyne became the fast WNBA player to ever make 100 threes in a season as she is up to 101 in 2026. Great to see Rhy back with confidence like I know she can!

Jordin Canada celebrates her 31st birthday after last night’s outing with 20 points on 6-13 shooting, 4-9 from 3, 4-8 from the foul line, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 1 steal.

Allisha Gray with 15 points on 5-8 shooting, 1-3 from deep, 4-4 from the foul line, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Bri Jones 15 points off the bench (20 minutes of work) on 5-5 shooting, 5-6 from the foul line, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists

Naz Hillmon with 11 points on 5-8 shooting, 1-4 from deep, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal.

Marina Mabrey led Toronto and all scorers with 36 points (not her career best which is 53) on 12-19 shooting, 7-13 from deep, 5-5 from the foul line, and 3 assists.

Team Stats

FG

Toronto 35-67 52%

Dream 36-70 51%

2FG

Toronto 25-41 61%

Dream 22-38 58%

3FG

Toronto 10-26 38%

Dream 14-32 44% (I believe that ties a season-best for made triples)

FT

Toronto 15-21 71%

Dream 21-30 70%

Rebounds 39-25 Dream (12-5 on the offensive glass)

Assists 29-20 Dream

Steals even at 7

Blocks 4-3 Toronto

Turnovers

Toronto 13 (5 in the 2nd half)

Dream 14 (7 in the 2nd half)

Points off Turnovers

Toronto 17

Dream 11

Fastbreak Points 8-1 Toronto

Points in the Paint

Toronto 46

Dream 44

The Dream improve to 20-12 and are back in a tie for 4th place, which they have the tiebreaker on the Indiana Fever. They’ll travel to Connecticut for the final time ever on Thursday.

After playing the worst game of the season against Vegas, that was a heck of a performance against a desperate Phoenix team at Gateway Center Arena. Truly got back to Dream basketball, and Rhyne Howard was back to being the Rhyne Howard we have come to love all this time in her WNBA career!

For the first time since 2018, we fried the fish in the playoffs, despite nearly blowing a 3-0 series lead. Looking forward to the conference finals against Kansas City, a rematch from the 2012 CHL conference finals that went 7 games.

Good to see Anthony Petruzzelli back on the ice, especially with the game-winning goal in the 2nd period!

LET’S GO KOMETS!!!