Seattle hosts Atlanta after Charles' 28-point game

Atlanta Dream (10-19, 4-11 Eastern Conference) at Seattle Storm (18-11, 8-6 Western Conference)

Seattle; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT

IN BRIEF: The Atlanta Dream visit the Seattle Storm after Tina Charles scored 28 points in the Dream's 84-79 loss to the Indiana Fever.

The Storm are 11-4 at home. Seattle is fourth in the WNBA with 20.3 assists per game. Skylar Diggins-Smith leads the Storm with a 6.4 assists average.

The Dream are 4-9 on the road. Atlanta is third in the WNBA with 27.1 defensive rebounds per game, led by Charles with a 6.8 average.

Seattle has shot 43.0 percent this season, 0.6 percentage points better than the 42.4 percent that Atlanta has allowed to its opponents. Atlanta has shot 40.9 percent this season, 1.0 percentage point worse than the 41.9 percent average that Seattle's opponents have allowed.

The two teams are meeting for the third time this season. In the last meeting on August 16, the Dream won 83-81 thanks to 30 points from Rhyne Howard, while Diggins-Smith scored 29 points for the Storm.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jewell Loyd is averaging 20.1 points, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Storm.

Allisha Gray is averaging 15.8 points for the Dream.

LAST 10 GAMES: Storm: 5-5, averaging 81.9 points, 34.2 rebounds, 20.8 assists, 8.5 steals and 5.2 blocks per game on a 42.0% shooting percentage. Their opponents are averaging 78.5 points per game.

Dream: 3-7, averaging 75.1 points, 37.8 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.7 blocks per game on a 40.3% shooting percentage. Their opponents are averaging 78.9 points.

INJURIES: Storm: MacKenzie Holmes: out for the season (knee).

Dream: Aerial powers: outside (calf).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Skrive Data and the data of Sports radar.