{"id":921747,"date":"2026-10-05T17:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921747\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:26:07","slug":"liberty-vs-dream-atlanta-claims-game-1-wnba-semifinals-win-over-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921747\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty vs Dream: Atlanta Claims Game 1 WNBA Semifinals Win Over New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s Liberty vs Dream clash brought the heat. No. 4 Atlanta clamped down on No. 8 New York 92-82 on Sunday to take an early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeFd18kGaWa\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">semifinal lead<\/a> at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wnba-all-star-predictions-8-best-bets-2026-all-star-game-votes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jordin Canada<\/a> showed off on both sides of the ball, dropping 25 points while helping the Dream score a near-record 32 points off turnovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey just kind of raced it down our throats, and we need to be better,\u201d said Liberty forward <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/liberty-star-breanna-stewart-questionable-as-new-york-aims-for-1st-round-playoff-sweep\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Breanna Stewart<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlanta could face a steeper climb on Wednesday, after top-scorer Allisha Gray exited Game 1 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/50102208\/dream-all-star-allisha-gray-exits-game-1-hand-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">hand knock<\/a>. However, the severity is unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran forward <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/dewanna-bonner-phoenix-mercury-atlanta-dream-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DeWanna Bonner<\/a> picked up the slack, posting 23 points in 30 minutes to prove her value off the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was exactly what we needed,\u201d said coach Karl Smesko. \u201cNot just because she\u2019s a veteran presence and all the experience, [but] because she still plays like she did tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlanta hosts New York on Wednesday at 7:30 PM ET (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s Liberty vs Dream clash brought the heat. No. 4 Atlanta clamped down on No. 8 New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[178578,317329,732,49,48,24809,3457,82,630],"class_list":["post-921747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-2026-wnba-playoffs","tag-2026-wnba-semifinals","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jordin-canada","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}