Indiana Fever vs Atlanta Dream Player Stats and Box Score (Sep. 14) | Game 1, 2025 WNBA Playoffs

The Indiana Fever vs Atlanta Dream game highlighted the second game of the opening round of the WNBA playoffs on Sunday. Playing without their crucial players, the Fever started their opening quarter with a rusty offense.

However, they picked up very quickly in the later part of the opening quarter, and outscored Atlanta by 21-18. Kelsey Mitchell led her team with 9 points. Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray led the Dream with 7 and 5 points, respectively.

However, the Dream picked up in the second quarter and unlocked their offense. Howard opened Dream's scoring with a layup. With four minutes remaining in the quarter, the score was tied at 30 points. In the rest of the quarter, Atlanta went on a 10-0 run to end the quarter. They took a 33-40 lead going into halftime.

The Fever were expected to double down on both ends in the third quarter. However, the Dream proved to be too good to give up too many points. The Fever, behind Kelsey Mitchell, cut the lead to 5 points before entering the fourth quarter. However, the rest of the Indiana roster struggled to put the ball in the basket.

Atlanta unleashed their offense from the get-go in the last segment of the game. They went on a 9-0 run in the first two minutes of the game, quickly bringing the lead to 14 points. With their backs against the wall, the Fever couldn't recover in the rest of the quarter. The Dream continued to answer Fever's baskets, one after another.

Atlanta outscored Indiana by 7 points in the quarter and registered a massive win by 68-80 in Game 1 of the opening series. The Fever will try to make a comeback in Game 2 of the three-game series.

Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard led the Dream in scoring with 20 points each. Naz Hillmon also added 16 points, along with Brionna Jones' 12 points. On the other hand, except for Mitchell, almost every player struggled. She led the Fever with 27 points. Odyssey Sims was one of the only Fever players to have scored in double-digits (10 points).

Indiana Fever vs Atlanta Dream Player Stats and Box Score

Indiana Fever

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
Natasha Howard	5	6	1	1	1	4
Aliyah Boston	8	12	5	0	0	5
Odyssey Sims	10	3	3	2	0	1
Kelsey Mitchell	27	1	4	0	1	3
Lexie Hull	9	4	1	0	0	3
Brianna Turner	0	5	0	1	0	2
Makayla Timpson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shey Peddy	0	1	0	1	0	0
Aerial Powers	5	0	0	2	0	1
Bree Hall	4	1	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Dream

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
Brionna Jones	12	5	3	3	0	5
Naz Hillmon	16	9	3	1	3	5
Allisha Gray	20	6	4	3	1	3
Jordin Canada	2	4	4	1	0	6
Rhyne Howard	20	6	2	1	0	3
Nia Coffey	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sika Kone	0	1	2	0	0	1
Te-Hina Paopao	2	2	0	0	1	0
Brittney Griner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough	4	1	1	0	0	0
Maya Caldwell	2	1	0	0	1	1