The Washington Mystics lost to the Atlanta Dream, 80-75 on Friday night at the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
With Kristi Toliver out, the silver lining for this game was Ariel Atkins return after being listed a Day-to-Day and ultimately probable. So the Mystics had most of their player available and were riding a couple of good wins. This game could have given them a chance to finish the season with a split, and at least non-negative record. But alas, they couldn’t overcome the Dream ability to get to the free throw line (24-from-29) despite keeping them on-check from deep (6-from-24).