2026 GAME #9 - PORTLAND FIRE VS ATLANTA DREAM - MAY 29, 2026 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - ION - PORTLAND FIRE+

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

FIRE 5-3 DREAM 4-2

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STARTERS


Carla Leite Bridget Carleton

Emily Engstler Nyadiew Puoch

Luisa Geiselsoder



Jordan Canada Allisha Gray

Naz Hillmon Rhyne Howard

Angel Reese

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WHEN: MAY 29, 2026 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



STREAMING



RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Sarah Ashlee Barker Teja Oblak

Megan Gustafson Karlie Samuelson

Serah Williams Frieda Bühner

Holly Winterburn Jordan Harrison*

Nika Muhl°^

*Development Player °Injured Player ^Suspended Contract


Te-Hina Paopao Isobel Borlase

Madina Okot Sika Kone

Indya Nivar Aaliyah Nye


Brionna Jones° Amy Okonkwo*

*Development Player °Injured Player


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COACH


Alex Sarama

Karl Smesko

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INJURIES

FIRE

Nika Muhl - ACL - SC - Out

DREAM

Brionna Jones - Knee - Out


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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

FIRE VS FEVER - 5/30 - 5:00 PM

FIRE @ VALKYRIES - 6/2 - 7:00 PM

FIRE VS MERCURY - 6/5 - 7:00 PM

FIRE @ SPARKS - 6/7 - 4:00 PM

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GAME NOTES

• The Fire will face the Dream again on 7/11 and 8/28 in Atlanta
• The Dream and Fire (The First iteration) never met as the Dream became a team in 2008, six years after the original Fire team became defunct
• The Fire are on a 3 game winning streak
• The Dream have trailed at halftime in 4 of their 6 games.

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[Chris Craig]

Going to be tough

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Meh. We've got this.

 

[Chris Craig]

Meh. We've got this.

 

[crandc]

Bit off topic, but Caitlin Clark attended Giants game prior to Fever playing Valkyries. Seated just behind dugout, she generated more excitement than the sad sack team. Giants lost again.

 

[Chris Craig]

Rough start. Low energy. But, this team is always right there.

 

[crandc]

Two point game.

 

[Chris Craig]

Can't get it going, but at least their defense is keeping them in it.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

If they could hit some shots they’d be smokin’ Atlanta.

 

[Chris Craig]

Really missing Bridget tonight

 

[Chris Craig]

The lead!!!

 

[crandc]

Dame in the house.

 

[Chris Craig]

Forcing turnovers left and right but can't score on the other end. So frustrating.

 

[Chris Craig]

Only down 7 at half, but this is rough to watch.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Sloppy, ugly first half. Fourteen freakin' turnovers.

 

[Chris Craig]

Looks like the tank is on

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Chris Craig]

Catching up

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[Chris Craig]

Very disappointed tonight

 

[riverman]

Winterburn was terrible tonight..not sure why she got so much time in the second half. Other than Engstler our bigs were dominated all game. Poor shooting night as well and some real blown coverages in the paint on defense. uncontested dunks. Get the next one! Get BC back too! The 3 rookie lineup in the 4th qtr was not competitive at all.

 

[Chris Craig]

Winterburn was terrible tonight..not sure why she got so much time in the second half. Other than Engstler our bigs were dominated all game. Poor shooting night as well and some real blown coverages in the paint on defense. uncontested dunks. Get the next one! Get BC back too! The 3 rookie lineup in the 4th qtr was not competitive at all.

She only played at all because Teja was out.

Megan was trying. Barker played ok. Geiselsoder was useless. Puoch is hard to watch. Williams was meh. Even Leite couldn't get it going.

Without Carlson and Oblak we needed players to step up. Didn't happen.

This team is the sum of all its parts. When parts are missing, this team just couldn't seem to function.

Turnovers virtually every possession. The Dream had like 20 free throws to our 8.

This is just one of those disasters of a game you just forget and move on.

 

[inconceivable]

Perfect. Juju Watkins is worth tanking for

 

[inconceivable]

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

One of the uglier basketball games I've seen....and as bad as the Blazers were prior to last season, that's saying something. Twenty eight turnovers!!! It's like the team needed to remind us that they are an expansion team who has been playing way over their heads. I still believe but my expectations have been severely tempered......not even one minute of entertainment in last night's performance.

 

[Chris Craig]

Perfect. Juju Watkins is worth tanking for

I doubt the Fire get her.

 

[kjironman1]

I doubt the Fire get her.

Looking at exactly how white the Portland team is compared to how black the Atlanta team is I think you are correct.