Dream top Liberty in OT, take 2-0 WNBA semis lead — SkimNews
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- Angel Reese scored 23 points and Naz Hillmon hit the go-ahead layup with 20.8 seconds left in overtime as the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 101-98 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 WNBA semifinals lead.
- Jordin Canada also scored 23 points with eight assists for Atlanta, which now sits one win from its first WNBA Finals appearance since 2013 after also winning Game 1 92-82.
- Breanna Stewart poured in 35 points for New York — 25 of them in the first half — and said after the game that officials wrongly told the Liberty they had no timeout reset left before her missed desperation attempt at the final buzzer.
- Atlanta played without leading scorer Allisha Gray, who sat out with a left hand injury; rookie Izzy Borlase scored 11 points off the bench to help fill the gap.
- Reese scored six of Atlanta's 13 overtime points and iced it with two free throws with 4.3 seconds left after Sabrina Ionescu overthrew a pass on New York's final possession, which the Dream had forced into a jump-ball situation.
- Game 3 shifts to New York on Friday, where the Liberty must climb out of a 2-0 hole to keep their season alive.
Why it matters: Atlanta is one win from its first WNBA Finals since 2013, while New York — despite Stewart's 35-point night — now faces a must-win Game 3 at home with the series also shadowed by Stewart's claim that officials misinformed them about their timeout situation in the final seconds of regulation.
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