| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ATL | 16 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 86 |
 POR | 14 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 66 |
A. Reese led all scorers (18 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST). S. Barker answered with 14 for the Fire, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 9-0 Dream run. The Dream lived in the paint, 42 points to 30, and that was the margin. Dream won Q4 by 14 (27–13), the period that decided it. Field goals: Dream 44%, Fire 45%. From deep: Dream 30%, Fire 33%. Rebounds: Dream 29, Fire 23. Turnovers: Dream 16, Fire 28. Points in the paint: Dream 42, Fire 30.
The Dream sit atop the Eastern Conference, coming off a win, 7-3 over their last 10. The Fire sit 5th in the Western Conference, 15 games back, coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Angel Reese makes free throw 1 of 2Score72-55Sarah Ashlee Barker makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Carla Leite assists)Score72-57Naz Hillmon makes driving layup (Te-Hina Paopao assists)Score74-57Naz Hillmon makes layupScore76-57Naz Hillmon makes free throw 1 of 1Score77-57Te-Hina Paopao makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Angel Reese assists)Score79-57Frieda Buhner makes 4-foot layup (Holly Winterburn assists)Score79-59Te-Hina Paopao makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rhyne Howard assists)Score82-59Frieda Buhner makes free throw 1 of 2Score82-60Frieda Buhner makes free throw 2 of 2Score82-61Luisa Geiselsoder makes 4-foot layup (Holly Winterburn assists)Score82-63Indya Nivar makes running layupScore84-63Frieda Buhner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Holly Winterburn assists)Score84-66Indya Nivar makes layup (Aaliyah Nye assists)Score86-66Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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