Atlanta’s dream welcomes Dallas Wings to College Park, Georgia. In a match between two teams at the opposite ends in the ranking on Friday evening.
But the two teams are in competition for different things at the end of the regular WNBA season.
The dream (24-14) can win a guaranteed place in the playoffs with a victory on the wings and stay in a favorable seeding battle. Although Atlanta is third in the standings with six games to play, the third in eighth place are only separated by 4 1/2 games.
On Wednesday, The Dream failed to take up the challenge of defeating the Las Vegas Aces, the hottest team in the League.
Despite 19 points by Rhyne Howard and Brionna Jones, the end of the three of Las Vegas sank Atlanta in the last minute of a defeat of 81-75. The dream, which took the second most 3 -point shots in the league, could not match the hot filming of the aces with a shooting night of 16.7% from a distance. This allowed Las Vegas to win its 12th consecutive match and take command of space n ° 2 in the ranking.
“We are not going to win qualifying matches and winning championships that shoot less than three to 20%,” said head coach Karl Pmesko. “But we are definitively in competition on the defensive.
“One thing to which I would like to see us come back is our conversion. Our transitional offensive game was better earlier this year, and I would like it to come back again.”
Dallas (9-30) is in the last place, already eliminated mathematically of the playoffs, but always fights to see what works and what does not work for the future of the franchise. Paige Bueckers, who scored a record of 44 points against the Los Angeles sparks on August 20, was absent due to the disease on Wednesday evening in a 101-95 defeat against Connecticut Sun, the sixth defeat of the consecutive wings.
“I think what Paige does, if she was an eighth year player would be incredible,” said her teammate Maddy Siegrest. “Go say from the college season and be able to do it is so impressive and it says a lot, you know, the type of player, the type of person she is. She really improves people around her.”
With Bueckers, it was his compatriot recruit Aziaha James who took the lead with 22 points in defeat. However, she left the game with an ankle injury and is listed as doubtful for the game in Atlanta, while Bueckers is listed as questionable.
Friday is the fourth and last time that the two teams meet this season, Atlanta holding a 2-1 sheet, including a victory of 88-85 the last time they played on July 30.
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