Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty, 95–84
The Dream erased a 24–23 first-quarter deficit and finished with an 11-point win.
Game story
The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 95–84 on Monday, September 21. Jordin Canada led the Dream with 19 points; Breanna Stewart had 27 for the Liberty.
Atlanta Dream vs. New York Liberty | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | September 21, 2026
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Who stood out
Jordin Canada (Dream): 19 points and 9 assists on 5-of-14 shooting (1-of-4 from three), 8-of-8 at the line in 34 minutes, a +13 in her minutes. She came in averaging 11.4 points over 41 games of the 2026 regular season.
Angel Reese (Dream): 18 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-14 shooting (0-of-3 from three), 4-of-8 at the line in 34 minutes, a +4 in her minutes.
Breanna Stewart (Liberty): 27 points and 14 rebounds on 11-of-19 shooting (0-of-1 from three), 5-of-8 at the line in 37 minutes, a -16 in her minutes.
Jordin Canada: Sep 21 against her baselines
This game · her last 10 before it · her regular season entering it
Baselines are her regular-season games before this one (PropSports game log). Playoff games are never mixed into them.
PropSports box score (game 401857206) and PropSports game log values as of Sep 21, 2026 payload 7a42753d0c256dc2
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| Sep 21 · 1 game | Last 10 · 10 G | Season · 41 G | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 19 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| Rebounds | 3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Assists | 9 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| Minutes | 34 | 30 | 31.2 |
How it happened
It did not start that way: the Liberty led 24–23 after one quarter and by as many as 6. The third quarter was the swing — the Dream won it 32–24 — and they led 41–38 at halftime. The game had seven lead changes; the Dream’s largest lead was 13.
The Dream’s bench outscored the Liberty’s, 20–8.
The Dream made 32-67 from the field (48%) and 8-28 from three; the Liberty 30-71 (42%). Turnovers ran 6–11, and points off turnovers 2–14 in the Liberty’s favor — the margin came from shooting, not possession control. Rebounds went 32–40, points in the paint 44–44.
Where the game separated
The 5 team stats with the widest gaps
Selected by the size of each difference relative to a typical game-to-game gap for that stat. Descriptive, not a causal breakdown of the margin.
PropSports box score and linescore (game 401857206) values as of Sep 21, 2026 payload 9bf841491add83b8
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| Dream | Liberty | |
|---|---|---|
| Points off turnovers | 2 | 14 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 11 |
| Bench points | 20 | 8 |
| Rebounds | 32 | 40 |
| Assists | 17 | 23 |
What it means
A reason to be cautious about carrying this game forward: the Dream gave up more points off turnovers than they scored, 14–2. One game is still one game.
After the result the Dream were 29-14 and the Liberty 27-17 (team schedules through September 21). The Dream’s 95 was 3.5 above the 91.5 a game they averaged entering it.
Next up: ATL at WSH on Sep 30, where the market consensus has the Dream favored by 4 with a total of 164.5 (PropBetEdge capture, Sep 29, 11 books) — and the Mystics allow 82.7 a game, 14th-most of 15; MIN at NY on Sep 29, where the market consensus has the Lynx favored over the Liberty by 3.5 with a total of 172.5 (PropBetEdge capture, Sep 29, 11 books). Player props enter the board inside 36 hours of tip.
Betting relevance
On the spread: DraftKings’ line, had the Dream favored by 1.5; the 11-point margin put the Dream on the right side of the spread.
The 179 combined points went over the 177.5 total.
Jordin Canada (19 points against 11.4 entering the game and 11.9 over her previous 10) is the line the next prop market has to price.
Markets touched: Spread · Total · Moneyline
Market evidence
Market reference: DraftKings (a single sportsbook). PropBetEdge also holds a pre-tip capture from Sep 21.
Unknowns
How the market prices both teams on the next slate beyond the stored captures.
Evidence & methodology4 cited records · how this story was built
Records cited
- PropSports box score + play-by-play + shot locations · source ↗
- PropSports team schedules (records after the game, scoring entering it) · source ↗
- PropSports standings (standings as of Sep 29) · source ↗
- DraftKings line
How this story was built
Generated by PropBetEdge’s deterministic newsroom (wnba-articles/1.7.0 · Full story, wnba-depth/1.1.0) and checked by the publication gate before release; betting relevance: actionable.
Revisions
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