The Atlanta Dream set a franchise record in Saturday's 78-62 win over the defending champion New York Liberty.

The Liberty woke up Saturday morning fifth in the WNBA standings with the hopes of capturing a win against the Dream to leapfrog to second.

The New York Liberty are the defending WNBA champs, but their 2025 season has not been as dominant. The Liberty have lost three of their last four games and fou

Allisha Gray scored 19 points, Brionna Jones added 17 and the Atlanta Dream dominated the short-handed New York Liberty 78-62 on Saturday to set a franchise record with their 24th win of the season. The Dream started the day with a one-game lead over the Liberty for the second seed in the playoffs and never gave the defending WNBA champions a chance to pull even.

That’s been the pattern for the Dream: key players sit out with injuries or have subpar games, and other players raise their level of play. Now, Atlanta has a good chance of finishing at least fourth in the eight-team WNBA and earning home-court advantage in the best-of-three first round.

Brittney Griner has been playing through her first season with the Atlanta Dream, chasing a WNBA title alongside several other stars. Griner is now playing beside Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray, two of the biggest stars in the league, as well as under one of the most underrated coaches in the WNBA, Karl Smesko.

On Thursday night, the Atlanta Dream took down the Minnesota Lynx in a statement home win, improving their 2025 record to 23-13 as they take sole possession of

The Dream are mostly set for the postseason despite staying put at the WNBA trade deadline, but there are a few moves they can still make.