The Atlanta Dream are moving on in the 2026 WNBA playoffs. They advanced and pulled off a first-round series sweep over the Washington Mystics with a gritty 93-75 victory on Wednesday night.
The Dream’s stars showed up and showed out. Angel Reese had a quiet night on the boards, for her standards, with seven, but she still finished with 15 points. She got into foul trouble early, notching her fourth in the third quarter. The Atlanta forward went on to pick up her fifth technical in the fourth but stayed in the game.
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Reese wasn’t the only player in foul trouble. The refs got their money’s worth on calls in this game, whistling a combined 53 fouls between both teams. The Dream started the fourth quarter with Reese, Rhyne Howard, and Jordin Canada each with four fouls. Howard fouled out with just over five minutes left in the game.
There were 53 called fouls in this game. According to the ESPN broadcast, the record for a WNBA playoff game that ended in regulation was 57.
Washington fought and clawed its way back into the game, cutting the deficit to single digits heading into the fourth quarter. Then, Atlanta took over. The Dream used a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Atlanta outscored Washington 28-17 in the final frame to ice it.
This post will be updated.
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