How the game was won: The Liberty opened a 17-point first-quarter lead, survived an Atlanta Dream rally that got them within six in the fourth and rolled to an 82-73 victory in a WNBA season opener at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday night. The Liberty shot 48.3 percent from the field.
Number: 27. Points by the Dream's Angel McCoughtry, including 14 in the second half.
What they said: Dream coach Michael Cooper: "I thought we did a better job in the second not turning the ball over; but our inability to play good solid defense kind of kept us in the hole."
Dream star Angel McCoughtry: "New York outplayed us. They played, sprinted, and rebounded harder than us."
Next game: The Dream plays its home opener at 3 p.m. Sunday at Philips Arena vs. the Connecticut Sun.
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