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The Atlanta Dream captured a big road 86-80 win over the Eastern Conference leading Indiana Fever on Saturday. Since starting the season 3-9, the Dream have rattled off 12 wins in their last 16 games. At 15-13, Atlanta is still in fourth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race but now holds a two game lead over fifth place Chicago. In fact with their victory on Saturday the top four spots in the East playoff race have tightened up considerably.
Team
W
L
GB
Indiana Fever
19
9
--
Connecticut Sun
18
10
1.0
New York Liberty
16
12
3.0
Atlanta Dream
15
13
4.0
Chicago Sky
13
15
6.0
Atlanta enters the final two weeks of the WNBA season looking to move up in the Eastern Conference standings. The Dream have six games remaining on the season including two more games against Indiana and one against Connecticut. Atlanta will also play a home and home with Washington and have a home game against Tulsa.
Atlanta's Remaining Schedule
Tues Aug 30 | Vs Indiana | 7:30 p.m. | SportSouth |
Thurs Sept 1 | @ Washington | 7:00 p.m. | |
Fri Sept 2 | Vs Washington | 7:30 p.m. | SportSouth |
Sun Sept 4 | Vs Tulsa | 3:00 p.m. | SportSouth |
Tues Sept 6 | Vs Connecticut | 7:30 p.m. | SportSouth |
Sun Sept 11 | @ Indiana | 5:00 p.m. | SportSouth |
Keep in mind that Atlanta began its run to the WNBA Finals last season as the No. 4 seed in the East also. The Dream are 2-0 this season against Indiana and are 1-2 against Connecticut. It is also worth mentioning that Atlanta is 2-1 against Washington this season but all three games have been very competitive. If Atlanta can take care of business against Tulsa and the Mystics and then hold serve at home, they have a good chance at overtaking the Liberty who have an extremely difficult schedule the rest of the way.
New York's Remaining Schedule
Sun Aug 28 | @ Chicago |
Tue Aug 30 | Vs Chicago |
Fri Sept 2 | @ Minnesota |
Sun Sept 4 | Vs Minnesota |
Fri Sept 9 | Vs Indiana |
Sun Sept 11 | @ Connecticut |