Atlanta visits Los Angeles, seeks 25th victory of season
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1:00 AM on Sunday, August 23
By The Associated Press
Atlanta Dream (24-13, 11-5 Eastern Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (13-24, 7-11 Western Conference)
Los Angeles; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream will try to earn its 25th victory of the season when the Dream play the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Sparks have gone 6-12 in home games. Los Angeles is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Dream are 12-7 in road games. Atlanta is second in the Eastern Conference giving up 85.8 points while holding opponents to 47.6% shooting.
Los Angeles is shooting 46.5% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points lower than the 47.6% Atlanta allows to opponents. Atlanta's 44.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.8 percentage points lower than Los Angeles has allowed to its opponents (47.9%).
The teams square off for the third time this season. The Dream won 124-88 in the last meeting on Aug. 21. Rhyne Howard led the Dream with 26 points, and Cameron Brink led the Sparks with 14 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Dearica Hamby is averaging 14.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Sparks. Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 16.6 points and 8.7 rebounds over the past 10 games.
Allisha Gray is averaging 19.4 points for the Dream. Howard is averaging 20.7 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sparks: 3-7, averaging 84.1 points, 31.9 rebounds, 22.8 assists, 7.7 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 89.8 points per game.
Dream: 7-3, averaging 97.7 points, 36.7 rebounds, 23.4 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 87.7 points.
INJURIES: Sparks: None listed.
Dream: Brionna Jones: out (leg).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
