Dallas officially has its first WNBA playoff series win. It only took five tries.
The Dallas Wings got over a long-standing hump on Tuesday with a 101-74 win over the Atlanta Dream, clinching a 2-0 first-round series win and the franchise's first series win since moving to their current city in 2016.
All five Wings starters scored in double-digits, as did reserves Awak Kuier and Kalani Brown. Arike Ogunbowale, naturally, led all scorers with 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting from deep, plus seven assists and two rebounds. Center Teaira McCowan had a commanding double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds, plus two blocks.
The Wings had previously lost four times in the first round, getting bounced by the Washington Mystics in 2017, the Phoenix Mercury in 2018, the Chicago Sky in 2021 and the Connecticut Suns last year. They didn't win a series during their time as the Tulsa Shock either, so it's their first advancement since moving from Detroit in 2010.
It clearly meant a lot to the team, most of all to first-year head coach Latricia Trammell, who was visibly tearing up on the sideline as the final minutes ticked away.The Wings' reward for their breakthrough? A few dates with the top-seeded, defending champion Las Vegas Aces, who swept the Chicago Sky with 22- and 28-point wins afterThe two teams went back and forth in the first quarter, with neither taking a single lead of more than three points. That changed in the second quarter.
Early in the next frame, the Wings ripped off a 20-3 run to take a commanding lead, running into halftime with a 52-34 lead they would never relinquish.
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