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31 and 14, and a ticket punched Angel Reese had never scored 31 in a WNBA game. She got there in Phoenix, added 14 boards on top, and the Dream walked out with a 99-89 win and a playoff spot. Atlanta did not trail once. Rhyne Howard opened with two straight threes to trigger a…

211 points, and one possession decided it Two hundred and eleven points. That was the combined total at Barclays Center on Friday night, and the New York Liberty came out the right side of it, 109-102 over the Indiana Fever. Breanna Stewart put up 22. Leonie Fiebich, back on the floor for the first time…

One trade, two games, then the shutdown Kelsey Plum arrived at the Phoenix Mercury on August 2, coming over from the Los Angeles Sparks. Twenty days later, she is sidelined indefinitely with a calf injury. She has already missed the last two games for her new team. The trade was supposed to give a floundering…

Forty-eight hours after limping off, she led everyone in scoring Olivia Miles left Wednesday’s win at Golden State early with a sore left ankle. Two nights later she put up 24 points and seven assists in Washington, and the Minnesota Lynx walked out of the capital with a 94-84 win and a sixth straight victory.…

Two threes in 34 seconds, and a 21-point lead saved Chicago beat Golden State 73-70 last night. The Sky owed it all to Sydney Taylor. Kaitlyn Chen had put the Valkyries ahead with a 33-foot bomb, then followed it with a floater for 70-67 with 46.3 seconds left. Taylor answered from 24 feet to level…

Twelve losses, then one that finally went the other way Isabelle Harrison finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Tempo went home with something they had not had since June. Toronto beat the Portland Fire 82-79 in Vancouver overnight, ending a 12-game losing run. Kiki Rice added 19, Laura Juskaite 15. The…