COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Angel Reese broke a WNBA record with her 29th double-double this season, Allisha Gray made six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds for her own double-double, and the Atlanta Dream beat the league-leading Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, 89-81, in their last game before the FIBA World Cup break.
Reese, who has already set records this year for rebounds in a season and a game, had 15 points and 11 rebounds to break the league mark set by Alyssa Thomas when she had 28 double-doubles in 2023.
Minnesota (31-9), which had won eight straight games on the road, has a 2 1/2-game lead over the second-place Golden State Valkyries in the overall standings. Atlanta (26-14) moved into a tie with the Indiana Fever for fourth.
Jordin Canada added 16 points and 10 assists for the Dream, and Rhyne Howard scored 12 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Veteran wing DeWanna Bonner, who signed with Atlanta after her contract with the Phoenix Mercury was bought out Monday, made her Atlanta debut and finished with seven points in 17 minutes.