Howard, Charles lead Dream to 92-81 win over Sparks, despite Clarendon's first career triple-double

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Rhyne Howard scored 25 points, Tina Charles had 21 with 14 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream turned back the Los Angeles Sparks 92-81 in their season opener. Howard had five points as the Dream opened the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run for a 77-66 lead. The Sparks got within 87-81 on a 3-pointer by Cameron Brink, the overall No.

Howard had five points as the Dream opened the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run, the overall No. 2 pick, with 1:34 left but they missed their last four shots and had a critical turnover while Atlanta went 5 of 6 from the foul line.

Haley Jones had 14 points and Allisha Gray had 12 for the Dream and Charles, the overall No. 1 pick in 2010 who sat out last season, had 14 rebounds as the Dream shot 51%. Kia Nurse had five 3-pointers and 23 points for Los Angeles. Dearica Hamby had 20 points and 14 rebounds and 11-year veteran Layshia Clarendon had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her first career triple-double. Brink also had 11 points.

It was 26-26 after one quarter and Rickea Jackson, the Sparks’ second first-round pick, had a steal at midcourt and a buzzer-beating layup to tie it at 48 at halftime. It was the first points for the No. 4 pick.Ogunbowale owns fourth quarter, Wings pull away from Sky 87-79 in season openerLos Angeles, who lead 9-2 to start the game, had 15 assists on 17 baskets and the Dream, up nine midway through the second quarter, had 12 on 18 buckets with both teams shooting at least 50%.

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