Gray’s career-high 27 points help Dream snap 7-game losing streak against Sun | CBC Sports
Allisha Gray had a career-high 27 points and 10 rebounds, Cheyenne Parker forced overtime with a last-second shot and the visiting Atlanta Dream beat the Connecticut Sun 92-88 on Thursday night to snap a seven-game losing streak in the series.
Atlanta led 78-73 with 1:57 left in regulation before Connecticut went on a 7-0 run to take the lead on DeWanna Bonner’s three-pointer with 43.4 seconds left. Neither team scored again in regulation until Parker split a double team to sink a shot with 0.5 seconds left.
Atlanta made its first five field goals of overtime to take an 89-84 lead with 2:23 left. The Dream didn’t score again until Gray’s free throws with 21.9 seconds left for a five-point lead.
Allisha Gray couldn’t be stopped ????<a href=”https://twitter.com/Graytness_15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Graytness_15</a> had a double-double, scoring a career-high 27 PTS, 10 REB to help the <a href=”https://twitter.com/AtlantaDream?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@AtlantaDream</a> pick up the dub in an OT thriller vs the Sun<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoreThanGame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#MoreThanGame</a> <a href=”https://t.co/leciNDEvcP”>pic.twitter.com/leciNDEvcP</a>
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Atlanta (4-5) has won back-to-back games on the road after toping New York 86-79 on Tuesday. The Dream continue their four-game road swing at Indiana on Sunday before ending it at Dallas on Tuesday.
Parker scored the first five points of Atlanta’s 11-0 run to open the second half for a 51-50 lead.
Brionna Jones had 28 points and 13 rebounds for Connecticut (8-3). Alyssa Thomas added 23 points, six rebounds and seven assists, and Bonner finished with 20 points.
Thomas made a basket early in the fourth quarter to reach 3,000 career points.
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