Tina Charles scores 22, Dream starts hot, beating Sky 89-80, originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Tina Charles scored 22 points, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus added 18 and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Chicago Sky 89-80 on Saturday.
Allisha Gray scored 14 points for Atlanta (5-4) and Aerial Powers 11. Rhyne Howard finished with 10 points, 10 assists and six rebounds.
Diamond DeShields hit a pull-up jumper to make it 4-2 minutes into the game, but Chicago missed six straight shots and committed three turnovers as the Dream went on a 15-2 run – capped when Gray backed -to-back made 3-pointers — before Angel Reese made a layup that cut Sky’s deficit to 17-8 nearly five minutes later.
Atlanta (5-4) hit 12 of 22 from the field in the first quarter and led 29-15 entering the second.
Reese finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and five steals. The 6-foot-1 rookie had her third consecutive double-double and her fourth of the season for Chicago (4-6). Kamilla Cardoso and Dana Evans also scored 13 points each and Marina Mabrey added 12.
Lindsay Allen converted a three-point play to cap a 7–0 spurt and cut Sky’s deficit to 78–75 midway through the fourth quarter, but Charles answered with two free throws. Parker-Tyus followed with a layup and then two free throws and Howard hit a deep 3-pointer to make it 87-79 with 1:42 left.
