The nightmare is over

With four starters in double figures, the Atlanta Dream defeated the Chicago Sky 91-84 for its first ever franchise victory Saturday evening.

After a league-record 17 straight defeats to begin the franchise, the reserves were the stars of the show, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

For the second game in a row, Atlanta’s reserves pulled their team out of a deep hole.

After the starters fell behind 21-9 in the first quarter, Iziane Castro-Marques sparked her team to a comeback.

Castro-Marques drained a 3-pointer, stole the ball on the next possession and capped it with a layup in a span of 10 seconds.

The AJC has a great slideshow of Saturday’s game as well as the celebration.