Dream sweep Mystics to reach WNBA semifinals
No. 4 seed Atlanta returns to the WNBA semifinals for the first time since 2018 after completing a sweep of Washington.
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The Atlanta Dream have advanced to the semifinals of the 2026 WNBA playoffs after completing a sweep of the Washington Mystics in their first-round series, according to ESPN.
Atlanta entered the postseason as the No. 4 seed and dispatched Washington without dropping a game, a result that marks the franchise's first appearance in the league's final four since 2018. The sweep caps a turnaround season for the Dream, who had missed the deeper rounds of the playoffs in the years since their last semifinal run.
Details of the deciding game were not immediately available, but the result confirms Atlanta's progression to the next round of the postseason bracket, where they will face the winner of another semifinal matchup still being contested elsewhere in the playoff field.
The WNBA playoffs follow a multi-round, best-of format, with teams seeded based on their regular-season records. Reaching the semifinals represents a significant milestone for a Dream roster that had been working to return to postseason prominence after several seasons outside title contention.
Further coverage of the matchup and the makeup of the semifinal round is expected as the playoff picture becomes clearer in the coming days.
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