Natasha Howard scored 26 and Fever hit Dream 81-76, although Caitlin Clark did not make 3

Atlanta (AP) -Natasha Howard scored 26 points and the fever of Indiana overcame Caitlin Clark's cold long-distance shots to defeat the Atlanta Dream 81-76 before a sold-out audience shared a series with two games this week.

Atlanta won 91-90 on Tuesday evening in Indiana.

Clark missed each of her five 3 points. This ended a series of 140 games, including the regular season and the playoffs of the WNBA and most of their college career in Iowa. Clark took place at least a 3rd times without 3 January 2022 when she went against Purdue for 6 during her second season.

Clark and teammate Aliyah Boston went to the bench at the beginning of the third quarter with four fouls. Clark ended with 11 points with six templates.

Kelsey Mitchell's 3-pointers brought Indiana a lead of 76-75. Clark found Boston for a layup, only her second field gate, which spread the lead to 79-76.

Rhyne Howard led Atlanta with 24 points.

Said Clark Before the game She enjoyed the playoff run of the NBA Indiana Pacers. she said 138-135 profit On Wednesday evening.

Sophie Cunningham scored nine points in her debut for Indiana after missing the first two games with a right auction. Trainer Stephanie White said Cunningham was clarified to play in her minutes without restriction.

The dream announced the guard Jordin Canada with an injury to the right knee and will resume basketball activities “in the coming weeks”.

The dream moved the game to the State Farm Arena, the home of the NBA Atlanta Hawks, and said shortly before the tip that the venue of 16,888 was sold out. The normal home of the dream, the Gateway Center Arena, only finds 3,500.

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