After the Atlanta Dream disappointingly dropped their home opener 90-87 to Indiana, permitting the Fever to prevent a WNBA-record 21-game losing streak, head coach Tanisha Wright belabored that her team needed to “do a better job executing the details.”
On Tuesday, the team manifested their coach’s message, putting together their most precise performance of the young season to score an inspiring 83-65 victory over the Sky, their first win against Chicago since 2018.
It’s worth analyzing the ways in which the Dream “execut[ed] the details,” not simply to explain their success against Chicago (which, admittedly, was missing two key cogs with injuries to Rebekah Gardner and Morgan Bertsch) but also to understand how the processes they demonstrated can allow Atlanta to consistently approach their upside and achieve their postseason ambitions.
While the Dream dialed in their defense to stymie the Sky’s perimeter scoring trio of Kahleah Copper, Marina Mabrey and Courtney Williams, Atlanta’s swifter, smarter and (most importantly) sustainable offensive process particularly shined, presenting a stark contrast from the previous three contests.
Pace, pressure produce positive results
How the Dream pushed the pace in transition and semi-transition and pressured the…
