Allisha Gray and Tina Charles power the Atlanta Dream past the LA Sparks

Allisha Gray scored 25 points and Tina Charles added 16 points while having lively performances. The Atlanta Dream went on to beat the Los Angeles Sparks, 87-74, Sunday afternoon in College Park. Rhyne Howard pitched in with 16 points and five assists for Atlanta. Aerial Powers added 13 points, six rebounds and three assists off the bench. The Dream’s ability to get downhill and get Sparks rookie, Cameron Brink, into foul trouble was key to victory. “We always want to be able to get two feet in the paint,” Dream Head Coach Tanisha Wright said. “That’s our goal. Then to be able to find the find the right read and find the open person. I thought we did a pretty good job of that tonight: getting downhill and continuing to trust it even when shots weren’t falling.” Star rookies Brink and Rickea Jackson each scored 16 points for Los Angeles. At times, Jackson was a bucket for the Sparks. Also, former Atlanta Dream draft pick, Aari McDonald, scored 14 points off the bench in nearly 31 minutes for LA. Paying it Forward Notably, Tina Charles explained why she talked to Brink in the first matchup in California. She recently encouraged...