Atlanta Dream Dealt Concerning Loss During Liberty Game
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Atlanta Dream vs New York Liberty Prediction 06/29/2025 Picks
The New York Liberty and the Atlanta Dream meet Sunday in WNBA action from the Gateway Center Arena. The Liberty won the most recent meeting between these two teams back on June 17th, 2025, making it three straight wins for the Liberty in this head-to-head matchup. The Atlanta Dream come into this game looking to bounce back after a 96-92 loss to the Minnesota Lynx last time out to fall to 10-6 on the year. After this game, the Liberty will head home for a matchup with the Los Angeles Sparks. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a New YorkLiberty vs. Atlanta Dream prediction. The Dream have been solid at home and I think they at the very least cover, if not win outright.
The New York Liberty and the Atlanta Dream meet Sunday in WNBA action from the Gateway Center Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a New York Liberty vs. Atlanta Dream prediction.
Matchup History
The New York Liberty won the most recent meeting between these two teams back on June 17th, 2025, making it three straight wins for the Liberty in this head-to-head matchup and eight wins in the last nine head-to-head matchups.
New York Liberty Recap
The New York Liberty come into this game looking to rebound from their 106-91 loss at the hands of the Phoenix Mercury last time out to sit at 11-4 on the year. After this game, the Liberty will head home for a matchup with the Los Angeles Sparks.
Liberty Drop 4 Of Their Last 6
Breanna Stewart leads the Liberty in scoring with 20.7 PPG along with 5.8 RPG and 3.7 APG while Sabrina Ionescu has 18.9 PPG with 4 RPG and 5.2 APG. Jonquel Jones has 12.1 PPG with a team-high 9.6 RPG to lead the Liberty in rebounding and to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Liberty so far this season. Natasha Cloud has 8.4 PPG with 3.7 RPG and a team-high 6.5 APG to lead the Liberty in assists while Kennedy Burke has also chipped in 9.3 PPG and 3 RPG as well this season. As a team, New York is averaging 88 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 82% from the foul line this season.
Atlanta Dream Recap
The Atlanta Dream come into this game looking to bounce back after a 96-92 loss to the Minnesota Lynx last time out to fall to 10-6 on the year. After this game, the Dream will take on the Seattle Storm at home.
Dream Drop Back-To-Back Games
Allisha Gray leads the Dream in scoring with 19.5 PPG and 3.9 APG while also chipping in 5.2 RPG and Rhyne Howard has 17.5 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 4.9 APG as well this season. Brionna Jones has 13.3 PPG with a team-high 8.1 RPG to lead the Dream on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Atlanta up to this point in the season. Brittney Griner’s also chipped in 9.8 PPG and 5.7 RPG as well on the year. As a team, the Dream are averaging 84 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 30.1% from three and 77.1% from the foul line this season.
New York Liberty vs. Atlanta Dream Prediction
I’m on the Dream and the points here. I think this is a case of backing the lesser of two evils here. The Liberty are the defending champs, but I feel like they’re getting that respect because of that title from oddsmakers. The reality is right now, the Liberty don’t look right as Jonquel Jones is out and Sabrina Ionescu’s been rumored to have been dealing with a neck injury. The Dream have been solid at home and I think they at the very least cover, if not win outright.
Chris Ruffolo’s Pick: Dream +2.5
New York Liberty Dealt Major Blow on Thursday
New York Liberty Dealt Major Blow on Thursday. Five-time All-Star Jonquel Jones was forced to exit the game due to an ankle injury. The Liberty are back in action on Thursday and are looking to make it back-to-back wins in a matchup against the Phoenix Mercury. Jones has been a key cog for New York’s success this season, and losing her would be an undeniably big blow to the team. The details of Jones’ injury are currently unclear, but the fact that she was ruled out almost immediately is not a good sign.
The New York Liberty were able to get back to their winning ways on Tuesday with an 86-81 win over the Atlanta Dream. They bounced back after suffering a 102-88 loss against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Saturday, which marked New York’s first loss of the season after a 9-0 start.
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The Liberty are back in action on Thursday and are looking to make it back-to-back wins in a matchup against the Phoenix Mercury. New York, however, was dealt a major blow in the second quarter after five-time All-Star Jonquel Jones was forced to exit the game.
Jones landed awkwardly after going up for a layup, writhing in pain on the floor while grabbing her right leg.
The silver lining here is that Jones was able to walk on her own as she made her way back to the locker room. The bad news, however, is that she was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game.
The team announced via social media that Jones would not be able to return to the game due to a right ankle injury, which is the same issue that kept her out for two games last week.
The details of Jones’ injury are currently unclear, but the fact that she was ruled out almost immediately after the incident is not a good sign. At this point, her status for the Liberty’s game against the Seattle Storm on Sunday is up in the air.
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Jones has been a key cog for New York’s success this season, and losing her would be an undeniably big blow. The former WNBA MVP entered Thursday’s game averaging 13.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.8 triples in 24.6 minutes per contest.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
Watch: Caitlin Clark explodes from three-point land as Fever hand Liberty first loss of season
Caitlin Clark scored 32 points for the Fever, including a stretch of three consecutive three-pointers in just 38 seconds. Clark had missed the previous four games with a quad injury, yet showed no signs of rust. The Liberty will look to bounce back when they host the Atlanta dream on June 17 at 7 p.m. in New York. The Fever are now 9-1, while the Liberty are 8-1 and sit in second place in the WNBA’s Eastern Conference. The game was the Liberty’s first defeat of the season.
Just as the Knicks were stunned by the longtime Pacer in the 1995 playoffs, the Liberty fell victim to another Indiana sharpshooter on Saturday night. Caitlin Clark lit up the court with a 32-point performance for the Fever, including a blistering stretch of three consecutive three-pointers in just 38 seconds — a run that echoed Miller’s iconic eight points in nine seconds at Madison Square Garden.
CAITLIN CLARK WITH BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK THREES 💰 pic.twitter.com/ZASVisSIdR — ESPN (@espn) June 14, 2025
With the Liberty ahead 21-15 late in the first quarter, Clark seemingly decided to take matters into her own hands, launching deep threes on back-to-back-to-back possessions, sending the Indiana crowd into a fevered (no pun intended) atmosphere.
What made Clark’s performance even more impressive was that she had missed the previous four games with a quad injury, yet showed no signs of rust — proving that even time off the court couldn’t dull her historic shooting touch.
“She’s been itching to get back out there,” Indiana coach Stephanie White said of her star player’s return.
“I knew her adrenaline was going to be high to start. [Her scoring] carried us in the first half,” she continued.
Clark herself also expressed that seeing her three straight trays fall “gives you a lot of confidence” and that “I felt in good shape” upon getting back on the hardwood.
As for being dealt their first defeat of the season, coach of the 9-1 Liberty, Sandy Brondello, said that she gives “Credit to Indiana, I thought they did a really good job here.”
“They made shots; they really punished us at that end making 17 3s‚” she further said of the Fever’s great shooting night.
Clark’s performance against the Liberty was yet another reminder of her elite shooting from beyond the arc since entering the league last year. Her career average of 3.1 made threes per game leads the WNBA since her debut — making her the only player over the last two years to average over three per game.
The Liberty will look to bounce back when they host the Atlanta dream on June 17 at 7 p.m..
Source: https://athlonsports.com/wnba/atlanta-dream-dealt-concerning-loss-during-liberty-game