ATLANTA, GA.–The Indiana Fever held the Atlanta Dream scoreless over the final 2:32 to win Game 3 and the first round playoff series 87-85 Thursday night at Gateway Center Arena.

A three-point shot by the Dream’s Rhyne Howard put the Dream ahead 85-80 with 2:32 to play in the fourth quarter, but the Dream wouldn’t score again despite leading by as many as eight points in the game. \

Howard missed a three-point shot with 28.8 seconds left and then Aliyah Boston made a layup off a pass from Odyssey Sims to put the Fever ahead 86-85 After Atlanta called timeout, Howard threw a bad pass that Lexie Hull. She passed the ball to Sims who was fouled by Naz Hillmon. Sims made one out of two three throws.

Brionna Jones missed a three-point shot as time expired.

With this victory, the Fever claim

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