Natasha Howard scored 26 points and the Indiana Fever overcame Caitlin Clark's cold long-distance shooting to beat the Atlanta Dream 81-76 before a sellout crowd on Thursday night to split a two-game series this week.

Atlanta won 91-90 at Indiana on Tuesday night.

Clark missed each of her five 3-pointers. That ended a streak of 140 games, including the WNBA regular season and playoffs and the bulk of her college career at Iowa, with at least one 3. The last time Clark was held without a 3 was Jan. 13, 2022, when she went 0 for 6 against Purdue during her sophomore season.

Clark and teammate Aliyah Boston each went to the bench with four fouls early in the third quarter. Clark finished with 11 points and six assists.

Kelsey Mitchell's 3-pointer gave Indiana a 76-75 lead and Clark found Boston for a layup, only her second field goal, that extended the lead to 79-76.

Rhyne Howard led Atlanta with 24 points.

The Dream moved the game to State Farm Arena, home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, and said shortly before tipoff that the 16,888-seat venue was sold out. The Dream’s normal home, Gateway Center Arena, holds only 3,500.

 

a 26-point shooting clinic from Natasha Howard in tonight's win pic.twitter.com/WEIUp1Pzlm

— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) May 23, 2025

Liberty set 3-pointers record in rout

Led by Natasha Cloud with four 3-pointers and 18 points, the defending champion New York Liberty broke the WNBA regular-season record by making 19 3s in a 99-74 victory over the Chicago Sky.

Eight of nine Liberty players who attempted a 3-pointer made at least one from deep as they finished 19 for 34 (56%). The previous team and WNBA highs were 18 3-pointers in a regular-season game, set by the Las Vegas Aces, who made 23 3s in a playoff game in 2022.

Cloud made 4 of 5 from deep and had eight assists. Kennedy Burke had 17 points off the bench, going 4 of 4 on 3s. Sabrina Ionescu scored 16 points, Breanna Stewart 12 and Jonquel Jones 11 for New York (2-0).

Shot the lights OUT and secured the @WNBA ALL-TIME record for 3PM in a game

And we’re JUST getting started #LIGHTITUPNYL pic.twitter.com/eBBmknEqjH

— New York Liberty (@nyliberty) May 23, 2025

New York shot 55% overall and made 16 of 17 free throws.

Chicago’s Angel Reese was 0-for-8 shooting and scored two points. It was the first time since 2021 that she failed to make at least one basket, ending a streak of 136 games, college and pro. She went 0 of 6 for Maryland in a 2021 Sweet 16 loss to Texas.

Reese had 12 rebounds, eight on offence, and five of Chicago’s 23 turnovers.