The Atlanta Dream welcome the Dallas Wings to College Park, Ga. in a matchup between two teams who sit on opposite ends of the standings on Friday night.

But both teams are competing for different things at the end of the WNBA regular season.

The Dream (24-14) can clinch a guaranteed spot in the playoffs with a win over the Wings and remain in a battle for favorable seeding. Although Atlanta sits third in the standings with six games to go, the third through eighth spots are separated by only 4 1/2 games.

On Wednesday, the Dream failed to step up to the challenge of defeating the Las Vegas Aces, the hottest team in the league.

Despite 19 points from both Rhyne Howard and Brionna Jones, late threes by Las Vegas sunk Atlanta in the final minute of an 81-75 defeat. The Dream, who have tak

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