Overview

• Napheesa Collier, the WNBA’s leading scorer at 24.4 points per game, will sit out with a lower back injury, increasing expectations on Alanna Smith after her career-high 26-point and six-block game.
• Minnesota produced just nine fourth-quarter points and shot 3-for-18 from three-point range in a 68-64 loss to Washington that dropped its record to 12-2 after a 9-0 start.
• Atlanta struggled offensively in a 68-55 defeat to Dallas with a season-worst 23.4 percent shooting, though the Dream still boast a 6-1 mark at home.
• Allisha Gray leads the Dream with 19.7 points per game and Rhyne Howard contributes 17.7 points along with a team-best 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
• Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT on Friday in College Park, Georgia, marking the first matchup between the Dream and Lynx this season.