Ezi Magbegor scored 18 points, including back-to-back baskets during a 13-2 fourth-quarter surge, and the Storm pulled away for an 81-70 victory to cap their WNBA-record nine-game homestand in Climate Pledge Arena.
Nneka Ogwumike delivered a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds, Jordan Horston added 16 points, and Jewell Loyd chipped in 14 plus a team-high seven assists, and Sami Whitcomb went for 13. Horston and Magbegor both hit 8 of 11 from the field.
Seattle (16-8) went 7-2 for the most wins on a homestand in WNBA history. The previous record was six, achieved five times by the Los Angeles Sparks. The Storm is now tied with Minnesota for second in the Western Conference, half a game behind Las Vegas (16-7).
Atlanta (7-16) lost its seventh in a row, but hung around through the first three quarters and the first 4½ minutes of the fourth. The Dream twice had gotten as close as one early in that final period before the Storm gradually took command.
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