Sky rally past Dream in Atlanta, big deal, too late!

Chicago Sky

ATLANTA—If the Atlanta Dream fail to get home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, they can just look towards their play against the already eliminated Sky.Sylvia Fowles had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Epiphanny Prince scored eight of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and the Sky rallied to defeat the Dream 84-79 on Tuesday night at Phillips Arena.Atlanta (18-14) has lost five of its last six games to fall to the fourth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The top two teams get home court for the first round of the postseason and only a slim chance remains of Atlanta finishing second.The Dream are 10-6 at home with a game to go against Washington on Sunday, but the last-place Sky (14-18) won all three games in Atlanta this season.The Dream led 73-65 with 6:15 left before the Sky rallied behind Fowles. Her free throw gave the Sky a 78-77 lead with a minute left.Prince then had a basket and two free throws to expand the lead. Iziane Castro Marques scored with six seconds remaining to cut the lead to three points, but Dominique Canty sealed the win for the Sky with two free throws.Castro Marques had 19 points to lead the Dream. Angel McCoughtry scored 16 points and Yelena Leuchanka grabbed 11 rebounds. Canty had 17 points and Jia Perkins scored 15 for the visitors. The Dream snapped a four-game losing streak and clinched a playoff spot with 98-74 rout of the Sky in Chicago on Saturday, breaking the game open with a 31-11 edge in the second quarter and leading by as many as 35 points.The Dream took a 65-63 lead into the final quarter by scoring the final six points of the third – the last two baskets coming from Coco Miller. Perkins had seven points, Canty scored six and the Sky built a 58-53 lead midway in the period with a 15-6 run.Atlanta went up 39-31 lead midway in the second quarter with a 16-3 run and was up 45-43 at halftime after the Sky briefly regained the lead at 41-39 thanks a 10-0 streak. The Dream shot 56.7 percent in the first half and the Sky made 54.3 percent.Fowles had 13 points and nine rebounds at the intermission and Canty scored nine. McCoughtry led the Dream with eight first-half points.