Dallas Wings v Portland Fire

WNBA

Final

Dallas Wings

96–78

Portland Fire

Match events

Dallas WingsPortland Fire

	1	2	3	4	T
Dallas Wings	27	23	21	25	96
Portland Fire	18	19	15	26	78

0Lead changes

1Times tied

26Biggest leadDallas Wings

1st quarter

9–0 run
6:2812–3
End of quarter27–18

2nd quarter

Half-time50–37

3rd quarter

13–0 run
5:3965–41
End of quarter71–52

4th quarter

4:0384–69
9–0 run
Full-time96–78

Player stats

Fire78

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
B. CarletonF	30	14	5-13	2-9	2-3	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	-14
E. EngstlerF	30	12	5-10	1-3	1-3	15	3	3	1	2	4	11	2	-8
N. PuochF	18	0	0-5	0-2

Highlights

0:12Bridget Carleton shows off the range with 3-pointerESPN 0:24Paige Bueckers knocks down the 3-pointerESPN 0:27Alanna Smith gets the basket plus the foulESPN 0:17Emily Engstler with the and-1 bucketESPN 0:10Arike Ogunbowale drains treyESPN

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News and reaction

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Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Wednesday 26 August 2026
Started: 10:00 am Sydney time
Venue: College Park Center, Arlington
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Angelica Suffren (Referee), Angel Kent (Referee), Catherine Chang (Referee)
Crowd: 6,251

Form and ladder

Dallas WingsPortland Fire

7thLadder9th

27W 17LRecord17W 27L

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Team lists

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Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Dallas Wings96

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
J. ShepardF	34	21	10-15	0-0	1-3	9	6	3	2	0	2	7	0	+21
A. SmithF	24	10	4-4	1-1	1-1	5	2	2	1	0	0	5	2	+22
A. KuierF	34	12	4-8	2-3	2-4	12	0	3	3	5	3	9	2	+20
A. OgunbowaleG	33	17	7-14	3-7	0-0	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	3	+23
P. BueckersG	33	22	8-15	3-7	3-3	4	11	1	2	1	1	3	3	+26
Bench
A. ClarkF	9	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-7
M. SiegristF	20	9	3-7	1-3	2-2	4	2	1	0	2	3	1	3	-4
L. YueruC	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
O. SimsG	5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
S. SuttonG	6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-3
Team		96	38-69	11-24	9-13	38	26	12	11	8	10	28	16