The Dream beat the Liberty 85–83 in Game 3, advance to the WNBA Finals
The Dream held on to win the semifinals series 3–0; the No. 2 Valkyries are next.
Game story
The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 85–83 in Game 3 on Friday, October 9. Angel Reese led the Dream with 22 points; Breanna Stewart had 26 for the Liberty. The win closes out the semifinals series 3–0 and sends the Dream to the WNBA Finals against the Valkyries; the Liberty’s season is over.
Atlanta Dream vs. New York Liberty | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | October 9, 2026
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Who stood out
Angel Reese (Dream): 22 points and 9 rebounds on 7-of-18 shooting (2-of-4 from three), 6-of-6 at the line in 37 minutes, a +3 in her minutes. She came in averaging 16 points over 44 games of the 2026 regular season.
Rhyne Howard (Dream): 21 points on 7-of-21 shooting (4-of-10 from three), 3-of-5 at the line in 38 minutes, a -2 in her minutes.
Breanna Stewart (Liberty): 26 points and 6 assists on 6-of-15 shooting (1-of-3 from three), 13-of-13 at the line in 39 minutes, a even in her minutes.
Angel Reese: Game 3 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 401918299) and PropSports game log values as of Oct 9, 2026 payload f7809621159affd3
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| Game 3 · 1 game | Last 10 · 10 G | Season · 44 G | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 22 | 19.1 | 16 |
| Rebounds | 9 | 12.3 | 12 |
| Assists | 3 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| Minutes | 37 | 31.7 | 30.6 |
How it happened
The first quarter was the swing — the Dream won it 25–18 — and they led 44–39 at halftime. The game had seven lead changes; the Dream’s largest lead was 12.
The Liberty’s bench outscored the Dream’s, 11–10.
The Dream made 28-69 from the field (41%) and 7-20 from three; the Liberty 27-62 (44%). Turnovers ran 8–11, and points off turnovers 7–12 in the Liberty’s favor — the margin came from shooting, not possession control. Rebounds went 33–29, points in the paint 34–36.
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 401918299) values as of Oct 9, 2026 payload 2159422836c0fae8
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| Dream | Liberty | |
|---|---|---|
| Fast-break points | 7 | 2 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 11 |
| Assists | 19 | 15 |
| Points off turnovers | 7 | 12 |
| Rebounds | 33 | 29 |
What it means
A reason to be cautious about carrying this game forward: the Dream gave up more points off turnovers than they scored, 12–7. One game is still one game.
The Dream came into the series as the No. 4 seed and the Liberty as the No. 8; the higher seed finished the job.
Next for the Dream: the No. 2 Golden State Valkyries in the best-of-seven wnba finals, opening on the road as the No. 4 seed. Game 1 is at Chase Center on Saturday, October 17.
Next up: ATL at NY on Oct 11 (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.
Semifinals series
Dream win the series 3–0
- W+10
- W+3
- W+2
Each final game of the best-of-5 series through this one, from the Dream side; the number is the final margin.
PropBetEdge playoff bracket (final scores) values as of Oct 9, 2026 payload 8010ec7a0a151d0a
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| Team | Game | Result | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream | Game 1 vs NY (92–82) | W | +10 |
| Dream | Game 2 vs NY (101–98) | W | +3 |
| Dream | Game 3 at NY (85–83) | W | +2 |
Betting relevance
On the spread: DraftKings’ line, had the Liberty favored by 3.5; the 2-point margin put the Dream on the right side of the spread.
The 168 combined points went under the 169.5 total.
Angel Reese (22 points against 16 entering the game and 19.1 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 9.
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 10) · source ↗
- DraftKings line
How this story was built
Photo: John Mac · CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)Pictured: Angel Reese.
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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