{"id":352256,"date":"2026-09-21T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352256\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:08:13","slug":"atlanta-takes-on-new-york-following-reeses-23-point-showing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352256\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta takes on New York following Reese’s 23-point showing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Dream<\/a> (28-14, 13-5 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty<\/a> (26-16, 13-5 Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

New York; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream visits the New York Liberty after Angel Reese<\/a> scored 23 points in the Dream’s 106-81 win over the Chicago Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Liberty’s record in Eastern Conference games is 13-5. New York ranks ninth in the WNBA<\/a> with 8.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Jonquel Jones<\/a> averaging 2.0 offensive boards.<\/p>\n

The Dream are 13-5 against Eastern Conference opponents. Atlanta has a 4-2 record in one-possession games.<\/p>\n

New York averages 10.4 made 3-pointers per game, 2.2 more made shots than the 8.2 per game Atlanta gives up. Atlanta averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, the same that New York gives up.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the second time this season. The Liberty won the last meeting 104-90 on June 11, with Satou Sabally<\/a> scoring 19 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jones is averaging 14.6 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Liberty. Breanna Stewart<\/a> is averaging 17.9 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Reese is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 12.3 rebounds for the Dream. Rhyne Howard<\/a> is averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 7-3, averaging 90.9 points, 37.3 rebounds, 21.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 82.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Dream: 8-2, averaging 97.4 points, 37.9 rebounds, 23.4 assists, 9.0 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.6 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Liberty: Satou Sabally: out for season (head).<\/p>\n

Dream: Brionna Jones: out for season (leg).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Dream (28-14, 13-5 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (26-16, 13-5 Eastern Conference) New York; Monday, 8…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75557,68626,27066,54398,24863,9,11,8915,10,62442,91182,56783],"class_list":["post-352256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-angel-reese","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-breanna-stewart","tag-event_preview","tag-jonquel-jones","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-new-york-news","tag-rhyne-howard","tag-satou-sabally","tag-womens-national-basketball-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}