Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty in Game 1, 92–82
The Dream erased a 24–21 first-quarter deficit and finished with a 10-point win.
Game story
The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 92–82 on Sunday, October 4. Jordin Canada led the Dream with 25 points; Sabrina Ionescu had 27 for the Liberty.
New York Liberty vs. Atlanta Dream | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | October 4, 2026
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Who stood out
Jordin Canada (Dream): 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting (4-of-6 from three), 3-of-3 at the line in 32 minutes, a +10 in her minutes. She came in averaging 11.6 points over 43 games of the 2026 regular season.
DeWanna Bonner (Dream): 23 points and 9 rebounds on 10-of-18 shooting (3-of-6 from three), 0-of-1 at the line in 30 minutes, a +9 in her minutes.
Sabrina Ionescu (Liberty): 27 points on 10-of-20 shooting (3-of-8 from three), 4-of-4 at the line in 34 minutes, a -12 in her minutes.
Jordin Canada: Game 1 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 401918295) and PropSports game log values as of Oct 4, 2026 payload a243293294e0a5aa
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| Game 1 · 1 game | Last 10 · 10 G | Season · 43 G | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Rebounds | 1 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Assists | 4 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| Minutes | 32 | 29.7 | 31.1 |
How it happened
It did not start that way: the Liberty led 24–21 after one quarter and by as many as 6. The third quarter was the swing — the Dream won it 32–15, with a 13-0 run from 9:00 to 5:46 of that quarter — and the Liberty led 40–37 at halftime. The game had 15 lead changes; the Dream’s largest lead was 16.
The Dream’s bench outscored the Liberty’s, 27–6.
The Dream made 32-71 from the field (45%) and 10-26 from three; the Liberty 28-65 (43%). Turnovers ran 13–21, and points off turnovers 14–32 in the Liberty’s favor — the margin came from shooting, not possession control. Rebounds went 34–34, points in the paint 38–30.
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 401918295) values as of Oct 4, 2026 payload b12724b42da7d5f8
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| Dream | Liberty | |
|---|---|---|
| Fast-break points | 18 | 0 |
| Points off turnovers | 14 | 32 |
| Bench points | 27 | 6 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 21 |
| Free throw % | 78% | 100% |
What it means
A reason to be cautious about carrying this game forward: the Dream gave up more points off turnovers than they scored, 32–14. One game is still one game.
After the result the Dream were 30-14 and the Liberty 27-18 (team schedules through October 4). The Dream’s 92 was 0.7 above the 91.3 a game they averaged entering it.
Next up: NY at ATL on Oct 7 (no market capture yet) — and the Liberty allow 86.4 a game, 9th-most of 15. Player props enter the board inside 36 hours of tip.
Betting relevance
On the spread: DraftKings’ line, had the Dream favored by 4.5; the 10-point margin put the Dream on the right side of the spread.
The 174 combined points went over the 172.5 total.
Jordin Canada (25 points against 11.6 entering the game and 12.1 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 Oct 4.
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 Oct 4) · 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.
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