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Dream fall short in loss to Mystics

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Credit: Kelsey Bibik/Atlanta Dream

Credit: Kelsey Bibik/Atlanta Dream

By AJC Sports
June 18, 2021

Odyssey Sims scored 22 points to lead five Atlanta Dream players in double figures, but it wasn’t enough as the Washington Mystics outlasted Atlanta 96-93 Thursday in Washington.

Tianna Hawkins scored 17, Tiffany Hayes added 16 while Cheyenne Parker and Courtney Williams scored 10 each for Atlanta, which fell to 5-7.

Ariel Atkins scored 32 points and Theresa Plaisance 25 for the Mystics, who dropped a 101-78 loss to the Dream in Atlanta June 13.

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