It is a fact of life that only one team can be crowned the champion of a league in professional sports. Thus, success isn't necessarily measured by whether or not a team wins a championship or not. But for the Atlanta Dream , they could not have thought of a more bitter end to their strong 2025 in which they won 30 games in the regular season.

The Dream are no longer in championship contention after bowing out of the postseason on Thursday after suffering an 87-85 defeat to the Indiana Fever in Game 3 of their first-round matchup in the 2025 WNBA playoffs . It looked like they were in control late in the fourth quarter after they took an 85-80 lead courtesy of a Rhyne Howard triple. But then they couldn't get the job done, with the Fever getting back into the game with papercuts p

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