Streaking Dream set sights on season sweep of Sky

As the Atlanta Dream continue to surge, the Chicago Sky finally have a positive result to build upon.

The Dream look to record a fourth consecutive victory and sweep the season series from the host Sky on Thursday night.

Atlanta (18-11) currently sits tied for third in the WNBA standings and won its last two games by a combined 39 points without injured stars Rhyne Howard (knee) and Brittney Griner (neck).

On Sunday, the Dream trailed 10-0, then 23-12 after one quarter, but regrouped to shoot 56.3 percent en route to a 99-83 win over Washington.

Brionna Jones had 23 points, Allisha Gray scored 22 and Naz Hillmon recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds for Atlanta, which has scored at least 90 points four times during its recent 5-1 stretch.

"We have just been playing well," Atlanta coach Karl Smesko said. "Our players have been pretty locked into what we want to accomplish.

They've been playing great."

Atlanta will also be looking for a fourth consecutive win on the road.

The Dream were victorious in Chicago, 86-49, on July 16. With Sky stars Angel Reese and Ariel Atkins out due to injury, the Dream limited the Sky (8-21) to just 25.4 percent shooting in that most recent meeting.

Atlanta has won each of the previous three 2025 meetings with Chicago by at least 13 points.

While Reese sat for the sixth time in eight games and could be out again for this contest, Atkins returned from a seven-game absence to score 15 points in 24 minutes as Chicago shot 54 percent while snapping an eight-game skid with Tuesday's 78-64 home victory over the Mystics.

The Sky last won back-to-back games July 9 and 12.

"I never want our team to give up on ourselves," Atkins told WCIU Chicago.

"We just have to keep fighting. ... There's no point in fighting the whole season to give up now."

Chicago's Kamilla Cardoso recorded her seventh consecutive double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds Tuesday. She's averaged 14 points and 11.3 rebounds during that stretch.

Meanwhile, Jones has averaged 17.7 points in the last three games for Atlanta.