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Atlanta Dream Drop to Seventh After Five-Game Skid
The Atlanta Dream lost their fifth straight game on Saturday, falling to 12-9 and seventh place. The team ranks last in field-goal percentage over the losing streak and has drawn public criticism from players and ownership over officiating.
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The Atlanta Dream lost their fifth consecutive game on Saturday, dropping to 12-9 and seventh place in the standings. The team has the longest active losing streak in the league and ranks seventh in offense after posting the best offensive rating two weeks earlier.
Over the last five games the Dream are last in field-goal percentage at 38.4 percent, 14th in three-point percentage at 26 percent, and 14th in offensive rating at 98.2. Three starters are shooting below 40 percent during the skid, and the club ranks 13th in turnover rate at 18.1 percent. The Dream have gone 3-6 against the top five teams this season.
“The officiating tonight was terrible, horrible. I don't know how many times Angel [Reese] has to get beat up in the paint to get a foul called. I thought all three refs were terrible." — Jordin Canada, after Thursday's game Allisha Gray called the referees trash during a live CBS interview on Saturday. Managing partner Larry Gottesdiener posted on social media that the team has the worst whistle in the league and that referees are killing momentum.”
The Dream face an easier schedule in the coming weeks and expect forward Brionna Jones to return from a knee injury. Starters continue to log heavy minutes, with one player leading the league at 35.2 minutes per game and three others ranking in the top 20. Bench scoring ranks 14th at 16 points per game.
