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Tina Charles led Atlanta (10-19) with 28 points
and grabbed eight rebounds, while Rhyne Howard scored 16 points.
Allisha Gray logged 12 points and Jordin Canada had 10 for the
Dream, who dropped their second straight game.
The contest drew a crowd of 17,608, a franchise record for a
Dream home game. The game was played at the Atlanta Hawks'
venue, State Farm Arena, instead of the Dream's usual locale,
Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga.
After Indiana led by 14 at halftime, Mitchell extended the
visitors' advantage to 55-38 with a 3-pointer on the opening
possession of the third quarter.
With Indiana up 68-51 after Dantas' 3-pointer with 1:54 left in
the period, the Dream went on an 8-0 run before Clark's layup
with 21.2 seconds remaining gave the Fever a 70-59 lead entering
the final quarter.
The Dream's Nia Coffey began the fourth with a layup before
Clark and Mitchell drained 3-pointers on back-to-back
possessions, giving the Fever a 76-61 lead.
From there, Atlanta went on a 13-0 run, with Howard's triple
cutting Indiana's lead to 76-74 with 4:13 to go.
Indiana responded with a 5-0 spurt, as Mitchell converted a
three-point play to give Indiana an 81-74 edge. After Charles
hit a jumper on the next possession, neither team scored again
until Boston split a pair of free throws to put the Fever up
82-76 with 1:09 left.
Coffey then cut the deficit in half with a 3-pointer at the 53
second mark. Mitchell missed a 3-point attempt on the ensuing
possession, giving the Dream a chance to tie the game. However,
Coffey and Charles each missed game-tying 3-point tries before
Boston stole Coffey's pass. Mitchell then drained two free
throws with five seconds left, sealing Indiana's win.
The Fever led by five points after one quarter, and 11 points
from Mitchell in the second quarter boosted the halftime margin
to 52-38.
--Field Level Media
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