Minnesota faces Atlanta and seeks 5th straight victory

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota Lynx enters a matchup with Atlanta Dream as winners of four straight games.

The Lynx are 7-1 in home games. Minnesota is 9-1 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Dreams are 3-2 on the road. Atlanta is giving up 79.9 points to their opponents and has been outscored by 2.5 points per game.

Minnesota averages 86.5 points, 6.6 more per game than Atlanta’s 79.9. Atlanta is averaging 6.7 3-pointers per game this season, which is 0.6 more per game than Minnesota is giving up.

The two teams face each other for the second time this season. The Lynx defeated the Dream 92-79 in their last game on May 26. Kayla McBride led the Lynx with 31 points and Rhyne Howard led the Dream with 23 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Napheesa Collier scores 21.1 points per game with 10.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Lynx. McBride is averaging 18.5 points and 3.7 assists over the last 10 games.

Howard scores 16.2 points per game and averages 4.5 rebounds for the Dream. Allisha Gray has averaged 2.2 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Lynx: 8-2, averaging 86.0 points, 32.3 rebounds, 24.8 assists, 9.2 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% since field. Their opponents average 75.3 points per game.

Dream: 5-5, averaging 75.2 points, 34.1 rebounds, 18.1 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 39.6% from the field. Their opponents average 79.0 points.

INJURIES: Lynx: Diamond Miller: absent (knee).

Dream: Jordan Canada: out (hand).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.