Holdsclaw, Lyttle lead Atlanta past Mystics

Chamique Holdsclaw scored 18 points, and Sancho Lyttle added 16, helping the Atlanta Dream snap a two-game losing streak with a 72-65 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night. Alana Beard had 16 points for Washington, which has dropped three of four and missed its first nine 3-point attempts before Matee Ajavon hit two straight in the final 2 minutes. The Mystics began the game with the WNBA's third-best percentage beyond the arc at 39.4. A sprained left ankle sidelined Washington's Marissa Coleman, who led rookies with a 12.7 scoring average. Coleman went 4 for 4 on 3-point attempts in the Mystics' two-point win Tuesday in San Antonio. The Dream, who had lost four of five, forced Washington into 28 turnovers, a season high for the Mystics that resulted in 23 points. After winning just four games as an expansion... [read full story]                    

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