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Washington hosts Atlanta to open season

The Washington Mystics host the Atlanta Dream for the season opener
By The Associated Press
6 hours ago

Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics

Washington; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dream -5; over/under is 156.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Mystics host the Atlanta Dream for the season opener.

Washington went 5-15 at home and 7-13 in Eastern Conference action during the 2024-25 season. The Mystics averaged 15.8 points off of turnovers, 8.6 second-chance points and 27.4 bench points last season.

Atlanta went 15-25 overall and 7-13 in Eastern Conference action during the 2024-25 season. The Dream averaged 18.4 assists per game on 27.8 made field goals last season.

INJURIES: Mystics: Georgia Amoore: out for season (acl), Aaliyah Edwards: out (back).

Dream: Jordin Canada: out (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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