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Atlanta Dream 99 Phoenix Mercury 89
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 T
Dream 29 21 23 26 99
Mercury 18 17 33 21 89
Q4 15.6 PHX 99- 89 DeWanna Bonner makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
(Sami Whitcomb assists)
Q4 30.0 ATL 99- 87 Rhyne Howard makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 53.3 ATL 97- 87 Angel Reese makes free throw 2 of 2
Q4 53.3 ATL 96- 87 Angel Reese makes free throw 1 of 2
Q4 59.3 PHX 95- 87 Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
Points Kahleah Copper 38 Assists Alyssa Thomas 10 Rebounds Alyssa Thomas 16
Points Angel Reese 31 Assists Isobel Borlase 6 Rebounds Angel Reese 14
Reese has career night with 31 points, Dream hold off Mercury 99-89 despite Copper's 38 points
PHOENIX -- Angel Reese scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her 25th double-double of the season and the Atlanta Dream clinched a playoff berth with a 99-89 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night.
Rhyne Howard added 20 points, Allisha Gray had 17 and Jordin Canada 12 for the Dream (24-13), who have won five of their last six games. They moved a half-game ahead of Indiana, which lost earlier in night, for the fourth seed, with seven games to go for Atlanta.
Kahleah Copper had 38 points for the Mercury (13-24), who were in the WNBA Finals last season, but were eliminated from the playoff chase with the loss.
Alyssa Thomas had her 22nd regular-season triple-double with 11 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. Thomas also has six triple-doubles in the playoffs. DeWanna Bonner added 12 points.
Reese, a 43% shooter for the season, was 14 of 21 from the field after going 9 of 9 the previous game . Her previous career high for points was 27 in 2024 when she was a rookie with Chicago. She has set the Atlanta single-season record for double-doubles and is three shy of the league record.
Howard hit four 3-pointers as the Dream led 14-3 less than four minutes into the game. Atlanta led 29-18 after one quarter and 50-35 at the half.
With Copper scoring 17 points in the third quarter the Mercury got within one point before the Dream took a 73-68 lead into the fourth quarter. Phoenix made 13 of 22 shots in the third quarter after making just 10 of 29 in the first half.
Dream: Finish a four-game West Coast road trip at Los Angeles on Monday.
Mercury: Home against Washington on Tuesday and Thursday.
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