| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WSH | 20 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 83 |
 ATL | 23 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 72 |
L. Betts led all scorers (17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST). H. Winterburn answered with 12 for the Dream, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 11-0 Mystics run. It changed hands 6 times and was tied on 5 separate occasions. The Mystics lived in the paint, 46 points to 32, and that was the margin. Mystics won Q3 by 11 (22–11), the period that decided it. Field goals: Mystics 49%, Dream 38%. From deep: Mystics 36%, Dream 21%. Rebounds: Mystics 26, Dream 35. Turnovers: Mystics 17, Dream 23. Points in the paint: Mystics 46, Dream 32.
The Mystics sit 4th in the Eastern Conference, 2 games back, coming off a loss, 6-4 over their last 10. The Dream sit atop the Eastern Conference, coming off a win, 7-3 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.
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rori Harmon assists)Score75-62Indya Nivar makes free throw 1 of 2Score75-63Indya Nivar makes free throw 2 of 2Score75-64Maite Cazorla makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Holly Winterburn assists)Score75-66Indya Nivar makes running layup (Maite Cazorla assists)Score75-68Cotie McMahon makes free throw 1 of 2Score76-68Cotie McMahon makes free throw 2 of 2Score77-68Holly Winterburn makes 2-foot layup (Maite Cazorla assists)Score77-70Cotie McMahon makes driving layup (Christeen Iwuala assists)Score79-70Cotie McMahon makes free throw 1 of 2Score80-70Cotie McMahon makes free throw 2 of 2Score81-70Christeen Iwuala makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Lucy Olsen assists)Score83-70Holly Winterburn makes free throw 1 of 2Score83-71Holly Winterburn makes free throw 2 of 2Score83-72Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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