WASHINGTON — Elena Delle Donne scored 15 points to reach 4,000 in her career and the Washington Mystics beat the Atlanta Dream 70-50 on Tuesday night.
Delle Donne entered needing 15 points to become the 40th player to reach the milestone. He was 7-of-13 from the field and had three of Washington’s seven blocked shots.
Washington took control in the third quarter, outscoring Atlanta 20-8 to help build a 54-33 lead.
40th player in WNBA history to reach 4,000 career points.
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Kennedy Burke had 13 points for Washington (6-2), which was without coach Mike Thibault for personal reasons. Alysha Clark scored 11 points and Ariel Atkins had 10.
Atlanta shot just 35.7%, including 4-for-21 from distance, and delivered 23 times.
Rhyne Howard, the league’s leading scorer at 20.5 points per game, missed all nine of her shots and didn’t score in 29 minutes for Atlanta (4-3). The Dream attempted just six free throws.
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