Dream hope to extend WNBA Finals
By Bud L. Ellis
Down two games to none in the WNBA Finals, the Atlanta Dream hope their season does not end Thursday.
The Dream, two years removed from winning just four times as an expansion team, will need plenty of home support when the series shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 on Thursday at Philips Arena. Atlanta finds itself down two games to none against a savvy Seattle Storm team that grinded out victories in the first two games in Seattle.
Sue Bird knocked down the game-winning jumper Sunday with 2.6 seconds left in Game 1, sparking the Storm to a 79-77 victory. Tuesday, the Storm held off the Dream 87-84.
Guard Angel McCoughtry was slowed by foul trouble and a nasty gash on her forehead in the first two games of this series. The Dream’s hopes begin with McDoughtry, who scored a league-record 42 points in the decisive Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against New York.
Seattle easily beat Atlanta in both regular-season meetings.
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