ATLANTA \u2014 The Atlanta Dream host the New York Liberty to start the WNBA playoffs semifinals.<\/p>\n
Game 1 will tip off at 2 p.m. at State Farm Arena on Sunday and air LIVE on Channel 2. <\/p>\n
[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n The series winner will advance to play the winner of Las Vegas Aces-Golden State Valkyries series in the WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the rest of the semifinals schedule for the best-of-five series.<\/p>\n Game 2: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., State Farm ArenaGame 3: Friday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Barclays CenterGame 4*: Sunday, Oct. 11, TBD, Barclays CenterGame 5*: Wednesday, Oct 14, TBD, State Farm Arena<\/p>\n *if necessary<\/p>\n DREAM VS LIBERTY <\/p>\n Atlanta went 2-1 against New York during the regular season. The Dream won the last regular season matchup 83-65 on Sept. 24. Allisha Gray led the Dream with 24 points, and Marine Fauthoux led the Liberty with 14 points.<\/p>\n The Dream have gone 15-5 against Eastern Conference teams. Atlanta is fourth in the WNBA giving up 84.5 points per game while holding opponents to 46.9% shooting.<\/p>\n The Liberty are 13-7 in conference matchups. New York is third in the Eastern Conference scoring 89.6 points per game and is shooting 46.0%.<\/p>\n Atlanta\u2019s average of 9.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is the same per game average that New York gives up. New York has shot at a 46.0% clip from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points below the 46.9% shooting opponents of Atlanta have averaged.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS<\/p>\n Angel Reese is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 12.1 rebounds for the Dream. Gray is averaging 18.0 points and 3.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n Jonquel Jones is averaging 14.5 points and 9.1 rebounds for the Liberty. Breanna Stewart is averaging 20.6 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n