Dream 30 point blowout loss to Liberty

Ahead of the match up against New York, Atlanta won three of their four games as a part of the team’s last road trip, defeating New York with guard Rhyne Howard tapping the 100 3-pointer mark with only 40 games on Friday 6/9 setting a WNBA record and becoming the fastest to ever reach the milestone (40 games ), and defeating Cynthia Cooper’s 41-game record set back 1998.

SHE DID IT! 🏀🔥 @howard_rhyne .
Howard just set the WNBA record as the fastest to reach 100 three pointers — doing it in only 40 games.#DoItForTheDream#atlantadream pic.twitter.com/FYGI2e8DiL

— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) June 10, 2023

Road trip Recap

The Dream cracked a seven game losing streak with a 92-88 win over  Connecticut in overtime, before picking up a 100-94 win over Indiana. On Tuesday night the Dream fell to Dallas and closed out their road trip.

Back in da A

On Friday the Dream returned home to Gateway Arena to take on the Liberty in front of a sold out crowd marking the fourth sell-out in only six games for the Dream at Gateway Center Arena so far this season.

The starting five was Haley Jones, Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard, Nia Coffey and Cheyenne Parker for the sixth time this season.

Throughout the game New York  dominated both sides of the court. The lack of rim protection had the Dream defense struggling to get stops.

Late in the fourth quarter, Laeticia Amihere was elbowed in the nose by Liberty’s Stephanie Dolson.

Dream head coach Tanisha Wright, was slammed with a technical foul immediately after the flagrant-one call.

In the end it was New York starting five (Courtney Vandersloot, Sabrina Ionescu, Betnijah Laney, Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones) team effort that resulted in a 30 point win over Atlanta.

#Dream fall to #Liberty 80-110 pic.twitter.com/mJdeuhNoGF

— chicksintosports (@chicksintosport) June 24, 2023

Atlanta’s record against New York moves to 22-35 and drops to 11-19 when playing in Atlanta

Rhyne Howard recorded her 16^thcareer 20-point game, with a season-high 24 points. Allisha Gray added 17 points in the first half, and Cheyenne Parker rounded off the scoring efforts with 13 points.

At the post game presser coach Wright vocalize her belief that Dolson should have been given a flagrant two.

“She (Laeticia Amihere )got elbowed in the mouth, blood was gushing out. For them to assess a flagrant one I think is absolutely ridiculous.Officiating has been notoriously bad all year. I’ve never sat up here and blamed officials, and I won’t blame officials,” Wright said. “But we’re expected to play at a high level every single night. On both sides, these athletes put in a lot of work to perfect their craft, and the officials need to be able to rise to that same occasion. They should be held to that same standard.”

Up Next: Atlanta now 5-7, head back on the road to  face the Mystics (8-4) in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.