Allisha Gray scored 12 of her 13 points in a third-quarter runaway as the Atlanta Dream used balanced scoring and a suffocating defense to continue a successful road trip with a 79-63 victory over the Golden State Valkyries in San Francisco on Sunday night.

Rhyne Howard (14), Brionna Jones (13), Naz Hillmon (12) and Te-Hina Paopao (10) also scored in double figures for the Dream, who retained second place in the WNBA standings with a fourth win in five contests on a lengthy six-game trip.

Coming off a 2-0 trip and seeking a fifth straight win overall in pursuit of a playoff berth in their inaugural season, the Valkyries managed to play the Dream even at 25-all through the first 20 minutes before the visitors turned Gray loose and tightened the defensive screws even more in the third peri

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