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August 24, 2018 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Washington Mystics News Release


On To the Next One

The Washington Mystics (1-0) defeated the Los Angeles Sparks (1-1), 96-64, Thursday night, advancing to the WNBA Semifinals for the second consecutive season. The Mystics will take on the two-seed Atlanta Dream in Game 1 of a best-of-five series on Sunday, August 26 at 3 p.m. at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Ga. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

Washington set franchise playoff highs in a number of categories: points scored (96), margin of victory (32), field goals made (37), field goal percentage (.569), free throw percentage (1.000) and assists (28). Six Mystics players scored in double figures led by forward Elena Delle Donne with 19 points on 7-13 (.538) from the field and 5-5 (1.000) from the free throw line. Delle Donne grabbed a career-playoff-high 12 rebounds and tied her career-playoff-high with four assists. In her first career playoff game, Ariel Atkins scored 14 points on 6-7 (.857) from the field to go along with three assists and two rebounds. Natasha Cloud, playing in her ninth career playoff game, set new playoff highs in points (13) and assists (7). Center LaToya Sanders scored 14 points to go along with seven total rebounds and four assists, setting career playoff highs in all three categories.

Semifinals Tickets on Sale

Tickets for the Washington Mystics Semifinals games are currently on sale. Single game tickets are $25 and are general admission only. Playoff tickets will be available online at www.WashingtonMystics.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800.745.3000.

Open Mic

MYSTICS FORWARD ELENA DELLE DONNE

On what was the key in defeating the Sparks:

"I think it was just trusting the next pass and trusting one another. Not having to force any situation and just knowing if we continued to move the ball, they were going to break down at some point. We built a great culture here. Our trust with one another has grown this entire season on defense and offense and tonight it all kind of just came together."

Important Dates

Aug. 26 at Atlanta 3:00 pm

Aug. 28 at Atlanta 8:00 pm

Aug. 31 vs. Atlanta 8:00 pm

Sept. 2 vs. Atlanta TBD

Sept. 4 at Atlanta TBD

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