The Atlanta Dream (11-8) and Minnesota Lynx (9-11) will open the second half of the 2023 WNBA season on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. It’s the second meeting of the season between the two teams and will be broadcast on NBA TV and streamed live on WNBA League Pass.
While the All-Star break was undoubtedly welcomed by most of the league’s players and coaches as some much-needed time off, it would be understandable if the Dream wanted to get right back to work. Atlanta had won six-straight games entering the break, which is the longest current winning streak in the WNBA, and was looking more and more like the team that many expected to take a leap forward this year after barely missing the playoffs in 2022.
Atlanta had a trio of players named to the All-Star game — guards Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard and forward Cheyenne Parker — so the team’s recent success probably isn’t a coincidence. Howard, in particular, has been on fire recently, averaging 20.4 points and knocking down 3.2 threes per game in her last 10, including a 43-point outburst on July 2 that ranks among the most points scored by a player in a game this season.
