The Atlanta Dream (25-13) will look to build on a four-game winning streak when they host the Portland Fire (15-23) on Friday, August 28, 2026 at Gateway Center Arena. The game airs at 7:30 p.m. ET on ION.

How to watch Portland Fire vs. Atlanta Dream

Portland vs. Atlanta odds

• Spread: Atlanta -13.5 (-105), Portland +13.5 (-125)
• Favorite Moneyline: Atlanta -909
• Underdog Moneyline: Portland +600
• Total: 179.5
• Total Over Odds: -105
• Total Under Odds: -115

Injury reports

Dream

Brionna Jones: Out (Leg),

DeWanna Bonner: Out (Rest)

Fire

Sarah Ashlee Barker: Out For Season (Knee),

Sania Feagin: Out For Season (Knee),

Serah Williams: Questionable (Illness)

Stats to know

• The Dream average 91.1 points per game, just 0.3 fewer points than the 91.4 the Fire give up.
• Portland puts up an average of 86.7 points per game, just 1.3 more points than the 85.4 Atlanta gives up.
• Angel Reese puts up 16.1 points, 12.4 boards and 2.7 assists per game, while shooting 43.7% from the floor.
• Bridget Carleton posts 14.6 points, 2.2 assists and 4.4 boards per game.

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“The Athletic Football Show” is previewing all 32 teams ahead of the 2026 NFL season. Below are select quotes from the show’s preview of the Washington Commanders. The quotes are edited for clarity. You can watch the whole preview on YouTube and in the embedded video below, or listen to the full NFC East preview wherever you get your podcasts.

Dave Helman on what about the Commanders most excites him: Two years is an eternity in the NFL, but a healthy Jayden Daniels has proven he can make chicken salad out of chicken s— before. And he did it in 2024 without Laremy Tunsil, so the fact that Tunsil’s out for the year, it definitely sucks. But Jayden’s made do with less before. And I’m hoping he can stay healthy long enough to do it again. It’s an older duo than you would prefer, but Terry McLaurin and Stefon Diggs — if Diggs looks remotely like the guy from last year — I could talk myself into that.

Robert Mays on what he’s watching the first month of the season: I’m curious what David Blough is going to get from this offense that Kliff Kingsbury couldn’t. If you look at the numbers, Kliff was middle of the pack last year with Jayden missing a huge chunk of the season. And they were really good in ’24. Kliff Kingsbury did a really good job as the offensive coordinator for the Commanders. The argument is: Can we be harder to play against?

Every run concept is on the table if we’re under center. If we’re using more play action, if we’re doing all these different things, can we just be harder to play against? I think that is the goal on both sides of the ball. On defense, you can get me there pretty easily. On offense, it’s one of those be-careful-what-you-wish-for sort of things.

Derrik Klassen on what’s keeping him up at night: What if it just doesn’t really all make sense together, and what if the offensive line is not able to do some of the stuff they want to do? What if they don’t really have the personnel to do some of the stuff they want to do? It still, to me, feels like a personnel group that should be more gun and spread.

When Stefon Diggs and Terry McLaurin are your two best receivers, and the guy you draft is like a slot only, you should be a little bit more gun open. Chig Okonkwo being your leading tight end, you should be a little bit more spread and gun open. Your running backs being Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White — you should have the flexibility of having him in gun where he can be out in the route or out in protection for you a little bit easier. I wonder how they make that work with what is supposed to be a more under-center approach.

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