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· collected 2026-10-08 · by Alan Cole The Associated Press
Angel Reese scored 23 points as the Atlanta Dream defeated the New York Liberty 101-98 in overtime on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their WNBA semifinals series. Naz Hillmon made the decisive layup with 20.8 seconds left in OT. Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 35 points but missed the final play, leaving New York trailing in the best-of-five series heading into Game 3 on Friday.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The New York Liberty face off against the Atlanta Dream in Game 1 of their WNBA semifinals series on Sunday. The Dream defeated the Washington Mystics in a sweep with a 93-75 win, while the Liberty knocked out the Minnesota Lynx despite entering as the No. 8 seed. In the crucial game, Jordin Canada led the Dream with 25 points and five steals, helping them secure a 92-82 victory over the Liberty. The Dream's strong defense, highlighted by forcing 21 turnovers which they converted into 32 points, was instrumental in their win. Allisha Gray, Atlanta’s leading scorer, left early due to an injury but her team still managed to dominate with DeWanna Bonner contributing 23 points. For the Liberty, Sabrina Ionescu scored 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 19, but turnovers proved costly as they struggled defensively in the third quarter.
Written for “WNBA Semifinals Liberty vs Dream” on 2026-10-08,
grounded in this article and the 16 other(s) covering the same event.
ATLANTA (AP) — Angel Reese scored 23 points, Naz Hillmon made the go-ahead layup with 20.8 seconds left in overtime and the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 101-98 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the WNBA semifinals.
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Dream → score → semifinals
Reese scored six of her team’s 13 points in overtime.
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Reese → score → overtime
She made two free throws with 4.3 seconds left after Sabrina Ionescu overthrew a pass as Atlanta moved within one win of its first WNBA Finals appearance since 2013.
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Atlanta → make → 2013
“I think we did a great job making sure that we were all on the connected stream,” Reese said.
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Reese → think → stream
“We really stayed together and played together, and that’s how we won.”
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we → stay → ?
Breanna Stewart scored 35 points, including 25 in the first half.
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Stewart → score → half
She missed a desperation attempt on the final play after the Liberty didn’t use their reset to advance the ball, with Stewart saying after the game that officials told them they didn’t have one left.
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they → miss → one
New York hosts Game 3 on Friday.
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York → host → Friday
With the Liberty trailing 86-80 with under two minutes remaining in regulation, Ionescu cut the deficit in half with a deep 3-pointer.
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Ionescu → trail → pointer
An Atlanta shot clock violation with 31 seconds remaining opened the door for the Liberty to get closer, and Stewart hit a quick layup in traffic to make it 86-85.
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it → remain → traffic
After New York fouled to extend the game, Reese knocked down both free throws to give the Dream an 88-85 advantage with 14.5 seconds left.
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Reese → foul → seconds
Marine Fauthoux knocked down the game-tying 3-pointer with 10.3 seconds to go, boiling the game down to one final Atlanta possession.
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Fauthoux → knock → possession
Rhyne Howard’s midrange floater rimmed out just before the buzzer, sending the game to overtime.
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floater → rim → overtime
“We just had a message that we thought we could be the best team over the last five minutes, let’s start off by executing the first couple plays,” Dream coach Karl Smesko said.
uncertain
Smesko → have → plays
“Everybody was locked in on what those plays were, and they went out there and executed them.”
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they → lock → them
Atlanta scored the first five points of overtime before New York responded with the next eight, giving the Liberty a 96-93 lead.
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York → score → lead
Canada and Reese scored the next two baskets to flip the advantage again, only for Stewart to respond with one in a pulsating back-and-forth extra period.
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Stewart → score → period
Hillmon’s layup gave Atlanta the lead for good.
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layup → give → lead
The Dream forced a jump ball on New York’s first attempt at its final possession, only for the Liberty to win the tip and get another opportunity before Ionescu’s wayward pass.
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Liberty → force → pass
“We’re not focused on winning three games straight right now,” Stewart said.
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Stewart → ’re → games
“We’re focused on winning one game, and that’s Friday, and then we go from there.
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we → ’re → game
This group has experience.
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group → have → experience
I’ve been part of some crazy series and I have a lot of confidence in our group.”
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I → have → group
The Dream won without leading scorer Allisha Gray, who missed the game with a left hand injury.
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who → win → injury
Izzy Borlase helped soak up her minutes, and the rookie scored 11 points of the bench.
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rookie → help → bench
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