Atlanta DreamvsPortland Fire
ATL 86/POR 66
Things to say
Atlanta Dream beat the Portland Fire 86-66 at the Moda Center.
01
opener
Dream rolled into Portland and ran the Fire out of their own building. 86-66, never really felt close after the first.
02
key player
Angel Reese put on an absolute clinic — 18 and 12 with 5 dimes. She ate them up in the paint all night.
03
hot take
Portland's an expansion team and it's starting to show. 66 points at home? They couldn't buy a bucket.
04
deep cut
Holly Winterburn dished 7 for the Fire and that was basically the whole offense — nobody else could create a thing.
05
exit
Atlanta's 5-2 now, they're for real. Curious what they look like against a top seed next.
The recap
Atlanta rolled into Portland and ate them up 86-66, never really letting the Fire breathe. Angel Reese put on an absolute clinic — 18 and 12 with 5 dimes, basically a one-woman wrecking crew in the paint.
Portland couldn't buy a bucket, with Sarah Ashlee Barker's 14 the only thing keeping it from getting uglier. The Dream are 5-2 and look legit; the Fire took the L on their home floor.